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TORPEDO SHIPS

ALDEBARAN (1st group) torpedo boats (1882 - 1885)

nearly sister-boat Aquila 1882

Names

Aldebaran, 1886- 26T

Antares, 1886- 27T

Andromeda, 1886- 28T

Centauro, 1886- 29T

Dragone, 1886- 30T

Pegaso, 1886- 31T

Perseo, 1886- 32T

Sagittario, 1886- 33T

Sirio, 1886- 34T

Orione, 1886- 35T

Canopo, 1886- 40T

Builders

Thornycroft, Cheeswick, UK: Aldebaran, Antares, Andromeda, Centauro, Dragone, Pegaso, Sagittario, Sirio, Orione, Canopo

Completed

1882: Aldebaran, Antares

1883: Dragone, Pegaso, Perseo, Sagittario, Sirio, Orione

1884: Andromeda, Centauro

1885: Canopo

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1901: 29T

1904: 27T

1905: 40T

1907: 32T

1908: 28T, 30T

1909: 33T, 34T

1911: 26T, 35T

1914: 31T

 

Displacement normal, t

38.5

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

30.6

Breadth, m

3.58

Draught, m

1.67

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VDE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

430 - 455

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 2 - 25/41 N, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

Complement

11

Project history: 3rd class TBs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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