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Friday, 3 December 2021

Italian coastal torpedo boat 57 S 1886-1894 and 81 S 1894-1910

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 Schichau, Elbing, Germany.Launched on 8 May 1886, commissioned on 13 September 1886, renamed 81 S on 31 January 1894 and stricken on 28 July 1910.

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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