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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ALDEBARAN (4th group) torpedo boats (1885 - 1887)

nearly sister-boat Aquila 1882

Names

Procione, 1886- 37T

Lira, 1886- 39T

Idra, 1886- 48T

Regolo, 1886- 49T

54T; 55T

Builders

Pattison, Napoli: Procione, Lira, Idra, Regolo, 54T, 55T

Completed

1885: Procione

1886: Lira, Idra, Regolo

1887: 54T, 55T

Losses

39T (collision 22.6.1904)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1907: 37T, 49T

1908: 54T

1909: 55T

1914: 48T

 

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.

390 - 430

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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