nearly sister-boat MAS274 1918
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Names |
MAS63 - 87 MAS88, 2.1921- MAS89 MAS89; MAS90 |
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Builders |
Elco, Bayonne, USA: MAS63-90 |
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Completed |
4 - 12.1917: MAS63 - 76, 79 - 87, 89(ii) 6/1918: MAS77, 78, 90 |
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Losses |
MAS89 (lost before commission 10.1917) MAS66 (19.9.1923), MAS79 (4.7.1918) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1920: MAS76, 77, 80 1921: MAS67 - 69 1922: MAS64, 65, 74, 81, 85 1923: MAS72, 87 1925: MAS70, 73, 83, 86, 90 1926: MAS71, 75, 84 1928: MAS63, 78, 89(ii) 1929: MAS82 |
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Displacement normal, t |
40.6 |
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Displacement full, t |
43.8 |
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Length, m |
24.4 |
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Breadth, m |
3.71 |
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Draught, m |
1.20 |
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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 |
15 - 17 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 900(14) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 A1916, 1 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. They were designed by ELCO and delivered from USA onboard merchant vessels. (MAS89 in October, 1917 has been washed off by wave from a deck of s/s Maine, and never been commissioned by Regia Marina. The majority have been equipped by hydrophone. Differed by high endurance.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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