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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

56S torpedo boats (1886 - 1887)

99S 1887

Names

56S

57S, 1894- 81S

58S, 1894- 82S

59S, 1894- 83S

84S; 85S

99S - 111S

Builders

Schichau, Elbing, Germany: 56S - 59S, 84S, 85S, 99S - 111S

Completed

1886: 56S - 59S

1887: 84S, 85S, 99S - 111S

Losses

56S (collision 27.11.1886), 105S (foundered 17.10.1890)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1907 - 1914: 81S - 85S, 99S - 104S, 106S - 111S

 

Displacement normal, t

78

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

39.0 pp 39.8 oa

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

2.01

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VDE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

902 - 1080

Max speed, kts

21 - 22

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

56S - 59S, 84S, 85S, 99S - 106S: 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

107S - 111S: 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 1 - 350 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 350 TT

Complement

17

Project history: Second class TBs.

Modernizations: 1890s, all survived: were adapted for oil fuel.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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