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Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Italian coastal torpedo boat 137 S 1891-1907

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 Odero, Sestri, Italy. Laid down on 23 June 1891, launched on 1 February 1893, commissioned on 1 February 1893, wrecked on 29 November 1906 and stricken on 10 January 1907.

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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