Panigaglia 1943
more than 1000 BRT
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT |
Dimensions, m (length pp) |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
FR60 (ex-Castor, ex-Козьма Минин [Koz'ma Minin]) | 1916 // 1942 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 3150 / 4576 t | 75.2x17.3x6.4 | 14 | 3 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers, 6400 coal 686 | 4 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 268 mines | scuttled 6.5.1943 |
Panigaglia | 10.7.1923 // 12.1924 | Ansaldo-San Giorgio, Muggiano | 1071 | 56.2x9.0x3.0 | 11 | 2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers, 1400 | 50 mines | captured by Germany 8.9.1943 |
Buffoluto | 1921-24 | Ansaldo-San Giorgio, Muggiano | 1071 | 56.2x9.0x3.0 | 11 | 2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers, 1400 | 50 mines | discarded 1973 |
Vallelunga | 28.5.1924 // 12.1924 | Ansaldo-San Giorgio, Muggiano | 1071 | 56.2x9.0x3.0 | 11 | 2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers, 1400 | 50 mines | sunk 9.9.1943 |
Project history: FR60 was former Russian icebreaker, requisitioned by France and converted to minelayer.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: FR60 was scuttled by own crew at Tunisia 6.5.1943. Panigaglia was captured by Germans 8.9.1943 at La Spezia. Vallelunga was scuttled at La Spezia 9.9.1943, later salvaged and recommissioned by Germans as minelayer but 28.5.1944 sunk by Allied aircraft.
FR60
Buffoluto 1942