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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

VULCANO minelayer (1910)

Vulcano 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Vulcano     Thornycroft, Southampton, UK   1910 1910 discarded late 1940s

 

Displacement normal, t

151

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

5.90

Draught, m

1.30 normal 2.20 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 1 Thornycroft cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

412

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

mines

Complement

24

Project history: Small net- and a mine-layer. In 1920s-1930s she was employed for torpedo training and carried 3 torpedo tubes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Vulcano 1933

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