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TORPEDO SHIPS

PEGASO (CIGNO group) torpedo boats

Cigno 1906

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Calipso   Pattison, Napoli 1/1908 26/4/1909 7/1909 stricken 9/1927
Calliope   Pattison, Napoli 9/1905 27/8/1906 12/1906 stricken 11/1924
Canopo CN Pattison, Napoli 8/1905 28/2/1907 6/1907 stricken 3/1923
Cassiopea   Pattison, Napoli 4/1905 5/7/1906 9/1906 stricken 11/1927
Centauro CT Pattison, Napoli 6/1905 20/12/1906 5/1907 wrecked 5/11/1921
Cigno   Pattison, Napoli 4/1905 9/5/1906 9/1906 stricken 3/1923
Climene   Pattison, Napoli 1/1908 15/5/1909 8/1909 stricken 7/1926
Clio   Pattison, Napoli 7/1905 20/10/1906 4/1907 stricken 11/1927

 

Displacement normal, t

Calipso, Climene: 208

others: 217

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

50.0 wl 50.3 oa

Breadth, m

5.30

Draught, m

Calipso, Climene: 1.70

others: 1.72

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

2900

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

Calipso, Climene: oil 40

coal 40

Endurance, nm(kts) 330(25)

Armament

3 x 1 - 47/53 Nordenfelt, 3 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

Calipso, Climene: 35

others: 38

Ship project history: Built under British project. Successful ships with good seaworthiness for their dimensions. Cassiopea and Climene in 1915-1917 were converted to fast minesweepers.

Modernizations: 1915, Cassiopea, Climene: - 1 x 1 - 47/53, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + sweeps (temporarily till 1918)

1917 - 1920, all: - 3 x 1 - 47/53, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + 2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong 1916, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

1919 - 1920, some boats: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 1 x 2 - 450 TT

Naval service: Centauro 5/11/1921 ran aground on stones at coast of Turkey.

Canopo 1914

 

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