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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ALDEBARAN (2nd group) torpedo boats (1885 - 1887)

nearly sister-boat Aquila 1882

Names

Arturo, 1886- 38T

Spica, 1886- 46T

Cigno, 1886- 47T

50T; 51T

Builders

Odero, Sestri Ponente: Arturo, Spica, Cigno, 50T, 51T

Completed

1885: Arturo

1886: Spica, Cigno, 50T

1887: 51T

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1904: 47T

1907: 50T

1910: 51T

1911: 38T

1913: 46T

 

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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