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MV621 motor torpedo boat (1942 / 1952)

MC485 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
MV621 (ex-Torus, ex-S67), 11.1952- MS621, 1.1954- MS485, 9.1954- MC485 P485   Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   23.10.1941 3.1942 // 2.1952 stricken 4.1966

 

Displacement standard, t

96

Displacement full, t

115

Length, m

34.9

Breadth, m

5.28

Draught, m

1.67

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Daimler-Benz MB501 diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

39

Fuel, t

diesel oil 13.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 700(35)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 - 533 TT

Electronic equipment none
Complement

22

Project history: Ex-German S38 class boat, converted after war to merchant ship Torus, purchased by Italian Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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