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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

60S torpedo boats (1888 - 1894)

sister-boat 99S 1887

Names

60S - 65S

112S - 115S

132S - 135S

151S; 152S

Builders

Pattison, Napoli: 60S - 65S, 112S - 115S, 132S - 135S, 151S, 152S

Completed

1888 - 1894: 60S - 65S, 112S - 115S, 132S - 135S, 151S, 152S

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1907 - 1915: 60S - 65S, 112S, 115S, 132S, 133S, 135S, 151S, 152S

1920: 114S, 134S

1921: 113S

 

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.

683 - 1082

Max speed, kts

21 - 22

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

60S - 65S: 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

112S - 115S, 132S - 135S, 151S, 152S: 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, 60S, 63S, 113S: were converted for oil fuel

1898, 134S: reboilered with 2 Normand boilers.

1914, 113S: was re-engined with Belluzzo steam turbine

Naval service: 113S was used in experiments with steam turbine since 1914. 114S was used for wireless telegraphy experiments in 1898-1901. 115S was disarmed in 1913 and fitted with MAN diesel (850hp, 19kts).

 

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