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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ARBE small minesweepers - minelayers

Arbe 1941

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Arbe (ex-Malinska, ex-MT135)   Danubius, Kraljevica, Yugoslavia 12/1917 1931 1931 // 4/1941 captured by Germany 9/9/1943
Meleda (ex-Mljet, ex-MT137)   Danubius, Kraljevica, Yugoslavia 2/1918 1931 1931 // 4/1941 to Yugoslavia 12/1943 (M3)
Pasman (ex-Mosor, ex-MT134)   Danubius, Kraljevica, Yugoslavia 12/1917 1931 1931 // 4/1941 captured by Germany 9/9/1943 (Pasman)
Solta (ex-Meljine, ex-MT136)   Danubius, Kraljevica, Yugoslavia 12/1917 1931 1931 // 4/1941 to Yugoslavia 12/1943 (M1)
Ugliano (ex-Marjan, ex-MT133)   Danubius, Kraljevica, Yugoslavia 11/1917 1931 1931 // 4/1941 to Yugoslavia 2/1944 (M2)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

as minesweeper: 115

as minelayer: 128

Length, m

29.4 - 30.1

Breadth, m

6.70

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

11.6

Fuel, t

oil

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/44 Škoda, 1 x 1 - 7.9/92, 20 - 34 mines or sweeps

Complement

27

Ship project history: Austrian mine transports, laid down in the WWI, completed for Yugoslavia in 1930s. They were captured by Italians in 1941 and commissioned by Regia Marina as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Arbe and Pasman were captured by Germans 9/9/1943 at Sibenik.

 

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