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TORPEDO SHIPS

56S torpedo boats (1888 - 1893)

sister-boat 99S 1887

Names

56S, 1.1894- 80S

86S - 92S

124S - 127S

139S - 144S

Builders

Ansaldo, Genova: 56S, 86S - 92S, 124S - 127S, 139S - 144S

Completed

1888 - 1893: 56S, 86S - 92S, 124S - 127S, 139S - 144S

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1907 - 1915: 56S, 86S - 92S, 124S - 127S, 139S - 144S

 

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.

782 - 1079

Max speed, kts

21 - 22

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

56S, 86S - 92S: 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

124S - 127S, 139S - 144S: 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 1 - 350 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 350 TT

Complement

17

Project history: Second class TBs.

Modernizations: 1890s, 91S, 124S, 125S, 139S: were converted for oil fuel

Naval service: 87S sank after collision with battleship Terribile 11.6.1894 in La Spezia Bay but was refloated next day and commissioned again.

144S 1893

 

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