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Triton 1978

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bellona	F344		Navalmeccanica, Castellammare, Italy	1954	9.1.1955	2.2.1957	stricken 1.1981
Diana	F345		Cantiere del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso, Italy	1953	19.12.1954	30.7.1955	stricken 8.1974
Flora	F346		Cantiere del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso, Italy	1953	25.6.1955	28.8.1956	stricken 1977
Triton	F347		Cantuere Navali di Taranto, Italy	1953	12.9.1954	10.8.1955	stricken 1.1981

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	800
Displacement full, t	900
Length, m	76.3 wl 79.0 oa
Breadth, m	9.60
Draught, m	3.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Ansaldo Fiat 409T diesels
Power, h. p.	4400
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(18)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/62 SMP3, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors type 64, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 1 DCR
Electronic equipment	NWS-1, CWS-1 radars, QCU-2 sonar
Complement	200

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Project history

All vessels built as part of MDAP; sisters of the Italian Albatros class. Originally classified as submarine chasers, from 1954 they were referred to as corvettes.

Modernizations

1960-1963, all: - 2 x 1 - 76/62, 1 x 2 - 40/70, NWS-1 radar; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, AWS-1 radar

Naval service

No significant events.