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39RM torpedo boat (1916)


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39RM  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
39RM     Arsenale di La Spezia 7.1914 12.8.1915 2.1916 stricken 1.1923


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

140
Displacement full, t158
Length, m

42.5
Breadth, m

4.60
Draught, m

1.59
No of shafts

3
Machinery

2 VDE, 1 steam turbine, 2 super-heated steam boilers
Power, h. p.

2700
Max speed, kts

27
Fuel, t

oil 16
Endurance, nm(kts)185(27)
Armament

1 x 1 - 57/43 N1887, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement

23 - 30


Standard scale images


<i>nearly sister-ship 1PN</i> 1912
nearly sister-ship 1PN 1912


Graphics


<i> 39RM</i>  
39RM  


Project history

Torpedo boats, as a whole were considered rather successful (with reference to Adriactic Sea theatre) ships. Experimental torpedo boat 39RM had combined triple-shaft machinery (2 steam engines and 1 turbine).

Modernizations

1916 - 1918: - 1 x 1 - 57/43; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 A1916

1918: boilers were replaced by 2 Thornycroft (26kts)

Naval service

No significant events.