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Saturday, 11 December 2021

Italian coastal torpedo boat 68 PN 1916-1932


Laid down by Pattison, Naples, Italy on 23 November 1918, launched on 20 July 1918, commissioned on 13 August 1918, stricken on 16 January 1921, renamed 71 PN and stricken on 29 February 1932. Of the PN- class torpedo boats 2nd series 40 PN-45 PN, 46 OS-51 OS, 52 AS-57 AS, 58 OL-63 OL and 64-69 PN. Displacement 108 (standard)-156 (loaded)-162 (with torpedoes), dimensions 42.50 x 4.64 x 1.60 metres. Crew number 30 men. Machinery consisted of 2 Thornycroft water tube boilers and vertical triple expansion steam engines, with 3.200 hp allowing a speed of 27 knots, range 1.000 nautical miles/14 knots and 175 nautical miles/27 knots. Armament 1-7.6 cal 30 guns and 1x2-45cm torpedo tubes

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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