MAS555 1941
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Names |
MAS555 - 561 MAS562, 1946- ME B8, 1947- MAS8 MAS563 - 576 |
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Builders |
Picchiotti, Limite sull`Arno: MAS555 - 557, 571 - 573 Celli, Venezia: MAS558 - 560, 574 - 576 Baglietto, Varazze: MAS561 - 570 |
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Completed |
2 - 10.1941: MAS555 - 576 |
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Losses |
MAS555 (12.11.1943), MAS556 (9.9.1943 RSI, sunk 24.4.1945), MAS557 (9.9.1943 German S511), MAS558 (9.9.1943 German S629), MAS559 (13.11.1943), MAS560 (31.3.1943), MAS561 (9.9.1943 German S621), MAS563 (31.3.1943), MAS564 (11.6.1943), MAS571 (9.9.1942), MAS572 (12.5.1943), MAS573 (9.9.1942), MAS576 (6.4.1943) |
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Transfers |
Germany 5.1943: MAS566 - 570, 574, 575 (S501 - 507) |
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Discarding |
1945: MAS565 7/1950: MAS8 |
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Displacement standard, t |
27.8 |
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Displacement full, t |
28 |
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Length, m |
18.7 |
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Breadth, m |
4.70 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Isotta Fraschini petrol engines / 2 Alfa Romeo or Cararo cruising petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 or 2300 / 140 or 100 |
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Max speed, kts |
43 / 6 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 1.25 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 350(42) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 13.2/76 or 1 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 2 - 450 TT, 6 - 10 DC |
| Electronic equipment | presumably hydrophone |
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Complement |
13 |
Project history: Type "Baglietto class 500, 4th series": identical to boats of 3rd series, but again wooden-hulled (under some data MAS555-565 had steel or composite hulls).
Modernizations: 1946, ME B8: - 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC
1947, MAS8: + 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC
Naval service: MAS562 was captured by Germans 9.9.1943, transferred to RSI, later 29.4.1944 captured by Americans and transferred to Italians.
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