nearly sister-boat MAS303 1918
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Names |
MAS327 - 376 |
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Builders |
R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia: MAS327 - 338 Bonifacio, Castellamare di Stabia / R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia: MAS339, 340 Donnarumma, Castellamare di Stabia / R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia: MAS341, 342 Marinelli, San Giovanni a Teduccio, Napoli / R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia: MAS343 - 345 Pattison, Napoli: MAS346 - 351 Gallinari, Livorno: MAS352 - 363 Picchiotti, Limite sull`Arno: MAS364 - 367 Guastavino, Varazze: MAS368 - 371 R. Arsenale di La Spezia: MAS372 - 376 |
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Completed |
1918: MAS372 - 374 1919: MAS327 - 334, 346, 375, 376 1920: MAS344, 347, 353, 354, 368 - 371 1921: MAS348 - 352, 355 1922: MAS356, 357 |
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Losses |
building suspended 1919 and cancelled: MAS335 - 338, 340, 342 completed mercantile: MAS339 (delivered unarmed 1920 and discarded 1920), 341, 343, 345, 358 - 367 MAS332 (23.3.1929), MAS354 (19.5.1925) |
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Transfers |
Rumania 1921: MAS348 - 351, 373 (M3, 6, 4, 7, 5) |
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Discarding |
1920: MAS375, 376 1922: MAS327, 333, 347, 368 - 371 1925: MAS328, 329, 331, 334, 344, 372, 374 1926: MAS330 1927: MAS357 1928: MAS352, 353, 355, 356 1929: MAS346 |
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Displacement normal, t |
42.8 |
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Displacement full, t |
44.6 |
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Length, m |
24.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
3.75 |
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Draught, m |
1.31 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Standard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
460 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 900(16) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 A1916, (1 - 2) x 1 - 6.5/115, 10 DC |
| Electronic equipment | most: hydrophone |
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Complement |
15 |
Project history: One of the most mass-built motor boats of WWI-era. ELCO design, modified by the Subdirection of naval construction af Arsenale di Castellamare di Stabia. The majority have been equipped by hydrophone. MAS335-338, 340 and 342 remained incomplete, and MAS339, 341 and 343 were completed in 1920 as fishing boats.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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