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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

EUTERPE (2nd group) torpedo boats (1883)

Names

Lucciola, 1886- 16T

Formica, 1886- 17T

Cicala, 1886- 18T

Locusta, 1886- 19T

Grillo, 1886- 20T

Zanzara, 1886- 21T

Builders

Thornycroft, Cheeswick, UK: Lucciola, Formica, Cicala, Locusta, Grillo, Zanzara

Completed

1883: Lucciola, Formica, Cicala, Locusta, Grillo, Zanzara

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1896: 19T

1898: 16T, 17T, 20T, 21T

1904: 18T

 

Displacement normal, t

13.5

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

2.29

Draught, m

1.14

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

170

Max speed, kts

17.3

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 5 - 25/41 N, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

Complement

10

Project history: 4th class TBs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Cicala and Locusta were carried on board of battleship Duilio.

 

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