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TORPEDO SHIPS

NIBBIO torpedo boat (1881)

Names

Nibbio, 1886- 1T

Builders

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Nibbio

Completed

1881: Nibbio

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1904: 1T

 

Displacement normal, t

25.5

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.4

Breadth, m

3.05

Draught, m

1.06

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: First Italian TB, classed as 4th class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: After discarding T1 was converted to steam boat PE44.

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