MAS274 1918
Names |
MAS253 - 302 |
Builders |
ELCO, Bayonne, USA: MAS253-302 |
Completed |
1918: MAS253 - 302 |
Losses |
MAS259 (2.1.1921), MAS261 (2.1.1921), MAS262 (28.9.1927), MAS264 (4.7.1918), MAS266 (14.9.1927), MAS293 (25.3.1919) |
Transfers |
Rumania 1920: MAS268, 273 (M1, 2) |
Discarding |
1919: MAS254 1920: MAS296 1921: MAS286 1922: MAS253, 255, 257, 272, 274 - 276, 278, 285, 290, 301 1924: MAS287, 288, 295 1925: MAS282, 294 1926: MAS267, 277, 281, 283 1927: MAS269, 284, 299, 300, 302 1928: MAS258, 280, 289, 292 1929: MAS256, 260, 263, 265, 270, 271, 279, 291, 297, 298 |
Displacement normal, t |
40.6 |
Displacement full, t |
43.8 |
Length, m |
24.4 |
Breadth, m |
3.71 |
Draught, m |
1.20 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Standard petrol engines |
Power, h. p. |
460 |
Max speed, kts |
15 - 17 |
Fuel, t |
petrol |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 900(14) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 A1916, 1 x 1 - 6.5/115, 10 DC |
Electronic equipment | most: hydrophone |
Complement |
15 |
Project history: One of the most mass-built motor boats of WWI-era. They were designed by ELCO. They were delivered from USA onboard merchant vessels. The majority have been equipped by hydrophone. Differed by high endurance.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
MAS260 1918
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