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Friday, 1 November 2019

Italian minelayer RD 31 1917-1943



A tug which was also used as a minesweeper. She belonged to a large number of small tugs numbered between RD 34 and 57, all around 200 tons (she was 179 tons), with an armament consisting of 1-3” anti aircraft guns and a horsepower of 800 hp allowing a speed of 13 knots. The drawing shows her as she could have been seen around 1928. Launched on 30 December 1917 and sunk on 20 January 1943.