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REGIA MARINA (ITALY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

RD58 minesweepers / minelayers

very close Malinska 1931

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
RD58 (ex-MT130), 1921- Albona   Danubius, Porto Ré, Austria-Hungary 10/1917 20/7/1918 1/1920 captured by Germany 10/9/1943 (Albona)
RD59 (ex-MT131), 1921- Laurana   Danubius, Porto Ré, Austria-Hungary 10/1917 24/8/1918 2/1920 captured by Germany 11/9/1943 (Laurana)
RD60 (ex-MT132), 1921- Rovigno   Danubius, Porto Ré, Austria-Hungary 11/1917 28/9/1918 7/1920 captured by Germany 10/9/1943 (Rovigno)

     

Displacement normal, t

128

Displacement full, t

145

Length, m

29.4 pp 31.8 oa

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VCE, 1 Yarrow boiler

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

oil 4

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong 1917, 34 mines, sweeps

Complement

27

Ship project history: Former Austrian mine transports. At the time of Armistice they were incomplete and completed for Italian Navy in 1921.

Modernizations: 1941 - 1942, all: + 6 x 1 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939

Naval service: Albona and Rovigno were captured by Germans 10/9/1943 at Syros, Laurana was captured by Germans 11/9/1943 at Venice.

 

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