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PELLICANO torpedo boat (1900)

Pellicano 1900

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pellicano     Odero, Sestri Ponente 7/1896 7.4.1899 12/1900 discarded 4.1920

 

Displacement normal, t

148

Displacement full, t

181

Length, m

47.7 pp 48.7 oa

Breadth, m

5.74

Draught, m

1.53

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 Blechynden boilers

Power, h. p.

2740

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

coal 38

Endurance, nm(kts) 1520(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 x 1 - 350 TT

Complement

30

Project history: A first class TB. Pellicano was a good sea-boat but her machinery was unsuccessful and her designed speed of 25.7kts was never attained. Her armament was also considered to be inadequate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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