B2 1949
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| B2 (ex-M803), 1953- Daino | 1953- M5339, 6.1956- F542 | Schichau, Königsberg, Germany | 19.10.1944 | 1.1945 // 7.1949 | survey vessel 1960 | ||
| B3 (ex-M801), 1953- Gazzella | 1953- M5342, 6.1956- F541 | Schichau, Königsberg, Germany | 9.9.1944 | 12.1944 // 7.1949 | TS 1960, discarded 1966 |
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Displacement standard, t |
582 |
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Displacement full, t |
821 |
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Length, m |
63.1 wl 67.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.27 normal 2.68 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE with exhaust turbine, 2 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2700 |
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Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 136 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(10) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 - 533 TT, 4 DCT (36), 24 mines, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | FuMO 61 radar (on some), S-Gerät sonar (presumably), GHG hydrophone |
|
Complement |
96 |
Project history: Former German type 1943 minesweepers assigned to USN in 1947 and transferred to Italian Navy.
Modernizations: 1956, as patrol ships: boilers were converted to oil; armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 100/47 OTO 1937, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 DCT, radar
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015