VAS239 1943
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Names |
VAS231; VAS232 VAS233, 1949- P482 VAS722, 1952- VAS495 VAS234 VAS235, 1949- P483 VAS723 VAS236 VAS237, 1949- P484 VAS724, 1952- VAS496 VAS238; VAS239 VAS240, 1949- P485 VAS725 VAS241, 1949- P486 VAS726, 1952- VAS497 VAS242 - 248 |
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Builders |
Baglietto, Varazze: VAS231 - 236 Picchiotti, Limite sull`Arno: VAS237, 238 Navalmeccanica, Castellamare di Stabia: VAS239 - 245 Celli, Venezia: VAS246 - 248 |
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Completed |
1942: VAS231 - 233, 237, 238 1943: VAS234 - 236, 239 - 241, 244 - 248 |
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Losses |
lost incomplete: VAS242 (13.9.1943 German RA267), VAS243 (13.9.1943 German RA268) VAS231 (7.5.1943), VAS232 (17.9.1943), VAS234 (9.9.1943), VAS236 (9.9.1943, later German RA261), VAS238 (9.9.1943), VAS239 (9.9.1943 German RA262), VAS244 (9.9.1943), VAS246 (21.8.1947), VAS247 (10.9.1943) |
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Transfers |
Soviet Union 6.1949: VAS245 (ΡΚ-748 [SK-748]), VAS248 (ΡΚ-750 [SK-750]) |
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Discarding |
1953: VAS495, 723, 725 1957: VAS496, 726 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
68.5 |
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Length, m |
28.0 |
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Breadth, m |
4.70 |
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Draught, m |
1.33 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
1 Isotta Fraschini petrol engine + 2 Carraro petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1150 + 600 = 1750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 + 14 = 21.5 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 11.5 |
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Armament |
VAS231 - 236: 2 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 2 x 2 - 8.80, mechanical minesweeping gear VAS237 - 248: 2 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 2 x 2 - 8.80, 2 - 450 TT, 30 DC |
| Electronic equipment | VAS237-248: hydrophone |
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Complement |
26 |
Project history: Almost exact repetition of anti-submarine boats of I type, but with other machinery. On a centre shaft 1150hp Isotta-Fraschini engine was installed, side shafts were driven by 300hp Carraro engines. Boats reached 16kts under only the central shaft, 14kts under side shafts and 21.5kts when all engines ran. Composite hull. VAS231-236 were arranged for minesweeping.
Modernizations: 1946, all survived: - 30 DC; + mechanical minesweeping gear.
Naval service: VAS240 and 241 were captured by Germans in September 1943 as RA265 and RA266 respectively and returned in 1945.
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