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Friday, 24 December 2021

Italian coastal torpedo boat 56 S 1886-1894 and 80 S 1894-1913

Schichau type 2nd class, original design with one pole mast. Displacement 80 tons and as dimensions 39.00 x 4.80 x 2.15 metres. Crew numbered 16 men including 2 officers. Range 300 nautical miles/15 knots and 1.000 nautical miles/10 knots. Speed 19-22 knots. Horsepower 1.000 hp. One locomotive boiler. Armament 2-35.6cm torpedo tubes and 2-3.7cm guns. Built by Ansaldo, Sampierdarena, Italy. Laid down on 26 November 1886, launched on 5 May 1888, commissioned on 14 August 1988, renamed 80 S on 31 January 1894 and stricken on 14 December 1913.

Sources

AMM. Paolo M. Pollina. Le Torpediniere Italiane. Officio Storico della Marina Militare. Rome, 1964.

Several editions of Jane’s Fighting Ships

The Naval Annual 1913

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