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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

auxiliary minesweepers of WWI

100 - 1000 BRT

Rondine (1911, 400, 1 - 76/40, 7.1915 - 7.1923)

Project history: Lonely Italian requisitioned merchant vessel rated as minesweeper in the days of WWI. Many requisitioned patrols also can be used as minesweepers and had sweeping equipment.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

 

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