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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

monitors of WWI

100 - 1000 t

Monfalcone (, 525, 1 - 305/46, 6/1917 - 4/1921); Monte Santo (ex-Jella) (, 570, 1 - 381/40, 7/1918 - 8/1924); Monte Sabotino (ex-Tina) (, 570, 1 - 381/40, 9/1918 - 8/1924); Monte Cucco (ex-Neda) (, 440, 1 - 305/40, 9/1917 - 11/1924); Vodice (ex-Ena) (, 440, 1 - 305/40, 9/1917 - 11/1924); Carso (, 360, 2 - 190/45, 8/1917 - 11/1924); Pasubio (ex-Ostrica) (, 225, 1 - 152/50, 5/1918 - 4/1924)

Ship project history: Former Austrian dredging lighters, salvaged by Italians and completely rebuilt.

Modernizations: 1929, Monte Santo: was converted to floating AA battery with armament of 6 - 76/40 AA.

Naval service: No significant events.

Carso

 

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