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CLIO torpedo boat (1885)

Names

Clio, 1886- 11T

Builders

Thornycroft, Cheeswick, UK: Clio

Completed

1885: Clio

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1904: 11T

 

Displacement normal, t

30.5

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

23.4

Breadth, m

3.00

Draught, m

1.53

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 TER, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 - 350 TT (bow)

Complement

10

Project history: The first Italian-built TB. Designed by Eng Director Luigi Borghi and classed as a fourth class TB, Clio was carried aboard the capital ship Duilio in total fighting trim.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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