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Thursday, 5 May 2022

Italian coastal torpedo boat 59 S 1886-1894 and 83 S 1894-1907

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 Schichau, Elbing, Germany. Launched in 1886, commissioned on 9 November 1886, renamed 83 S on 31 January 1894 and stricken on 9 May 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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