Diana 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Diana | CNQ, Fiume | 5.1939 | 20.5.1940 | 11.1940 | sunk 29.6.1942 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1735 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2550 |
|
Length, m |
108.9 pp 113.9 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.7 |
|
Draught, m |
2.90 normal load 3.50 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Tosi-Beluzzo geared steam turbines, 4 Tosi boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
30000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
32 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 560 |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/35 Terni 1914, 2 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935, 2 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1939, 2 DCT (28 - 42), mines |
|
Complement |
192 |
Project history: Designed as a yacht / dispatch vessel. In days of war Diana served as fast transport. In July, 1941 she served as suicide boats carrier (9 جز, 1 MTSM and 1 MTL) for attack of Malta.
Modernizations: 7.1941: ship was used as special transport with 11 MTBs (9 MT, 1 MTSM, 1 MTL).
Naval service: Diana was sunk by British submarine Thrasher 29.6.1942 N of Tobruk.
Diana
Diana 1942
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