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Thursday 25 November 2021

Italian torpedo boat Pleiadi 1937-1941

Laid down by Bacini e Scali Napoletani, Naples, Italy on 4 January 1937. Launched on 5 September 1937. Commissioned on 4 July 1938. Lost in an air attack on Tripoli, Libya on 14 October 1941. Stricken on 18 October 1946. Spica-class sub-class Alcione, preceded by Curtatone-class, succeeded by Ariete-class. Displacement 679 (standard)-975-1.050 (full load) tons and as dimensions 81.42 x 7.92 x 2.41-3.09 metres. Crew numbered 99 men. Two Tosi turbines and 2 Yarrow type boilers with 19.000 hp, 215 tons fuel bunker capacity and 34 knots speed. Range 1.910 nautical miles/15 knots, 1.623 nautical miles/24 knots and 690 nautical miles/30 knots.

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

http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.com/

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