MAS555 1941
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Names |
MAS555 - 561; MAS562, 1946- ME B8, 1947- MAS8; MAS563 - 576 |
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Builders |
Picchiotti, Limite sull`Arno: MAS555 - 557, 571 - 573 Celli, Venezia: MAS558 - 560, 574 - 576 Baglietto, Varazze: MAS561 - 570 |
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Completed |
2 - 10/1941: MAS555 - 576 |
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Losses |
MAS555 (12/11/1943), MAS556 (9/9/1943 RSI, sunk 24/4/1945), MAS557 (9/9/1943 German S511), MAS558 (9/9/1943 German S629), MAS559 (13/11/1943), MAS560 (31/3/1943), MAS561 (9/9/1943 German S621), MAS563 (31/3/1943), MAS564 (11/6/1943), MAS571 (9/9/1942), MAS572 (12/5/1943), MAS573 (9/9/1942), MAS576 (6/4/1943) |
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Transfers |
Germany 5/1943: MAS566 - 570, 574, 575 (S501 - 507) |
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Discarding |
1945: MAS565 7/1950: MAS8 |
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Displacement standard, t |
27.8 |
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Displacement full, t |
28 |
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Length, m |
18.7 |
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Breadth, m |
4.70 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Isotta Fraschini petrol engines / Alfa Romeo or Cararo cruising petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 or 2300 / 140 or 100 |
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Max speed, kts |
43 / 6 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 1.25 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 350(42) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 13.2/76 or 1 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 2 - 450 TT, 6 - 10 DC |
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Complement |
13 |
Ship project history: Type "Baglietto class 500, 4th series": identical to boats of 3rd series, but again wooden-hulled (under some data MAS555-565 had steel or composite hulls).
Modernizations: 1946, ME B8: - 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC
1947, MAS8: + 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC
Naval service: MAS562 was captured by Germans 9/9/1943, transferred to RSI, later 29/4/1944 captured by Americans and transferred to Italians.
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