Of the PN- class torpedo boats. Laid down by Orlando, Livorno, Italy on 28 June 1916, launched on 12 January 1918, commissioned on 5 September 1918, serving on the Danube as far as Linz, Austria in 1924 and stricken on. 19 November 1937.Displacement 195 (loaded)-201 (with torpedoes), dimensions 42.70 x 4.69 x 1780 metres. Crew number 31 men. Machinery consisted of 2 Thornycroft water tube boilers and 2 Orlando turbines, with 3.500 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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