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AMMIRAGLIO MAGNAGHI corvette (1943/1946)

Larne 1943

Alabarda 1963

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ammiraglio Magnaghi (ex-Larne), 1948- Eritrea, 4.1950- Alabarda AL, 1953- F560   Lobnitz, Renfrew, UK 1.1943 20.9.1943 11.1943 // 6.1946 stricken 7.1968

 

Displacement standard, t

990

Displacement full, t

1258

Length, m

68.6

Breadth, m

10.8

Draught, m

3.13 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 230

Endurance, nm(kts) 5000(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 100/47 OTO 1937, 4 x 1 - 37/54 Breda 1939, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92 in ASW role)

Electronic equipment type 271 or type 272 radar, type 128 sonar

Complement

85 - 138

Project history: Ex-British minesweeper of Algerine class. Primarily she was taken as survey vessel Ammiraglio Magnaghi but soon reclassified as colonial corvette (in June 1946) and ASW corvette (in April 1950).

Modernizations: 1954: - 4 x 1 - 37/54, radar; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, SO-13 radar.

1956: - 1 x 1 - 100/47, 1 DCR

Naval service: No significant events.

Alabarda 1952

 

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