Sado 1937
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Zezere (ex-85F) | Danubius, Porto Ré, Austria-Hungary | 1/1914 | 5/12/1914 | 12/1915 // 1921 | wrecked 29/12/1921 | |
| Ave (ex-86F) | Danubius, Porto Ré // Danubius, Pola, Austria-Hungary | 1/1914 | 19/12/1914 | 5/1916 // 1921 | discarded 1940 | |
| Cavado (ex-88F) | Danubius, Porto Ré, Austria-Hungary | 3/1914 | 24/4/1915 | 11/1915 // 1921 | wrecked 29/12/1921 | |
| Sado (ex-89F) | Danubius, Porto Ré, Austria-Hungary | 5/1914 | 12/5/1915 | 3/1916 // 1921 | stricken 7/1940 | |
| Liz (ex-90F) | Danubius, Porto Ré // Danubius, Novigrad, Austria-Hungary | 9/1914 | 28/5/1915 | 8/1916 // 1921 | discarded 1934 | |
| Mondego (ex-91F) | Danubius, Porto Ré // Danubius, Novigrad, Austria-Hungary | 11/1914 | 21/6/1915 | 7/1916 // 1921 | discarded 1938 |
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Displacement standard, t |
266 |
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Displacement full, t |
330 |
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Length, m |
58.5 pp 58.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.80 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
AEG-Curtis steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5000 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 20 + oil 34 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(16) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 66/30 Škoda K16, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 2 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
38 |
Ship project history: Belonged to a numerous series of Austro-Hungarian seaworthy torpedo boats of 250-ton type built in days of the First World War. After war end 6 ships were transferred to Portugal. Rather successful ships for their time.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Zezere and Cavado were wrecked at Cape Bon 29/12/1921 en route to Portugal. Ave and Sado were in the worn out condition in 1930s and were stricken in 1940.
Sado 1933
© Ivan Gogin, 2011