Giuseppe La Masa 1919
Giuseppe La Masa 1943
nearly sister-ship Giuseppe Cesare Abba 1954
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Giuseppe La Masa | LM | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 9.1916 | 6.9.1917 | 9.1919 | captured by Germany 9.9.1943 | |
| Angelo Bassini | BS | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 10.1916 | 28.3.1918 | 5.1918 | sunk 28.5.1943 | |
| Agostino Bertani, 1.1921- Enrico Cosenz | CS | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 12.1917 | 6.6.1919 | 6.1919 | scuttled 27.9.1943 | |
| Benedetto Cairoli | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 9.1916 | 28.12.1917 | 2.1918 | collision 10.4.1918 | ||
| Giacinto Carini | CA, CR, 1954- M5331 | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 9.1916 | 7.11.1917 | 11.1917 | minesweeper 1954, stricken 12.1958 | |
| Nicola Fabrizi | FB, 1954- M5333 | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 9.1916 | 8.7.1918 | 7.1918 | minesweeper 1954, stricken 2.1957 | |
| Giuseppe La Farina | FR, LF | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 12.1917 | 12.3.1919 | 3.1919 | sunk 4.5.1941 | |
| Giacomo Medici | MD | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 10.1916 | 6.9.1918 | 9.1918 | sunk 16.4.1943 |
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Displacement normal, t |
785 |
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Displacement full, t |
851 |
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Length, m |
72.5 wl 73.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Tosi steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
15500 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2230(12.5) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/45 SA1917, 2 x 1 - 76/40 A1917, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 10 mines |
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Complement |
78 |
Project history: Repeated Sirtori class, differed from the latter by new 102mm guns with longer bore (45 against 35clb) and replacement of 40mm AA MGs by 76/40mm guns. Because of increased weight of new artillery it was necessary to shrink number of main guns from six to four, however at the expense of placing of part of them at centre line the side salvo was not decreased. In 1929 all were re-rated as torpedo boats.
Modernizations: 1940 - 1942, Angelo Bassini, Enrico Cosenz, Nicola Fabrizzi, Giuseppe La Farina, Giacomo Medici: - (1 - 2) x 1 - 102/45, 2 x 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80, (0 - 1) x 2 - 450 TT; + 6 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 0 - 2 DCT
1942, Giuseppe La Masa, Giacinto Carini: - 3 x 1 - 102/45, 2 x 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80, 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + 4 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935, 1 x 3 - 533 TT
1953 - 1954, Giacinto Carini: was converted to fast minesweeper; - 3 x 2 - 20/65, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Armstrong 1917, mechanical minesweeping gear, radar
1953 - 1954, Nicola Fabrizzi: was converted to fast minesweeper; new armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Armstrong 1917, 2 DCT, mechaical minesweeping gear, radar
Naval service: Benedetto Cairoli collided 10.4.1918 with Giacinto Carini in Ionian sea.
Giuseppe la Farina 4.5.1941 was lost on Italian mines at E coast of Tunisia. Giacomo Medici 16.4.1943 was sunk by American aircraft at Catania. Angello Bassini 28.5.1943 was sunk by American aircraft at Leghorn. Giuseppe la Masa 9.9.1943 was captured by German troops and 11.9.1943 blown up at Naples. Enrico Cosenz 27.9.1943 was hard damaged by German aircraft and scuttled by crew in Adriatic sea.
Angelo Bassini post-WWI
Giacinto Carini as rearmed in 1942
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