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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

COASTAL FORCES

"SVAN velocissimo" type motor torpedo boats (1928-1930)

very close MAS432 1930

Names

MAS423 - 426

Builders

SVAN, Venezia: MAS423-426

Completed

1928: MAS424

1929: MAS423, 425

1930: MAS426

Losses

MAS423 (9.9.1943), MAS424 (26.2.1935), MAS425 (?/?/1937)

Transfers

none

Discarding

6.1943: MAS426

  

Displacement standard, t

12.6

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

16.0

Breadth, m

2.98

Draught, m

1.03

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Isotta Fraschini petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts) 127(36)

Armament

2 x 1 - 6.5/115, 2 - 450 TT

Complement

9

Project history: Further development of "12-ton" SVAN boat of WWI-era. At the expense of installation of much more powerful engines the speed was significantly increased.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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