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Ramb II

Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions, m (length pp)	Speed, kts	Engine, Power hp	Armament	Fate
Adriatico	4.4.1931 // 4.1937	CRDA, Monfalcone	1976	81.5x12.3x	14	2 diesels, 2200	2x1-102/45, 4-13.2, 60mines	returned 1939, commissioned again 1940, sunk 1.12.1941
Arborea D5	1929 // 6.1940	OTO, Muggiano	4959	111.1x15.2x	16	3 diesels, 4500	4x1-120/45, 6-13.2	captured 8.9.1943
Attilio Defenu	1929 // 1940	Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente	3510	98.8x13.4x5.3	14	2 diesels, 4045	2x1-102/45, 1x1-76/40, 6-13.2, 80mines	sunk 25.11.1941
Barletta D16	12.9.1931 // 1936	CRDA, Monfalcone	1975	81.5x12.3x	14	2 diesels, 2200	2x1-102/45, 4-13.2, 60mines	returned 1939, commissioned again 5.1940, damaged 2.12.1943, repaired mercantile
Brindisi D15	15.6.1931 // 6.1940	CRDA, Monfalcone	1976	81.5x12.3x	14	2 diesels, 2200	2x1-102/45, 4-13.2, 60mines	sunk 6.8.1943
Brioni D13	4.2.1931 // 5.1940	CRDA, Monfalcone	1987	81.5x12.3x	14	2 diesels, 2200	2x1-102/45, 4-13.2, 90mines	sunk 2.11.1942
Capitano Antonio Cecchi	12.10.1933 // 1940	Eriksbergs, Gothenburg, Sweden	2321	91.0x12.4x	15.5	2 diesels, 4800	2x1-100/27, 4-13.2	sunk 8.5.1941
Caralis D8	1929 // 5.1940	Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente	3510	95.9x13.3x7.0	14.5	3 diesels, 4100	4x1-102/45, 6-13.2	sunk 28.5.1943
Cattaro (ex-Jugoslavija) D26	1933 // 1942	CNQ, Fiume	1275	76.5x10.5x	15.5	2 VQE	2x1-100/47, 1x1-76/40, 4-20/65, 2DCT	captured 9.9.1943
Città di Bari	1928 // 1940	STT, Trieste	3220	96.7x13.7x	13.5	1 diesel	2x1-120/45	fire 3.5.1941
Città di Catania	1910 // 1940	Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente	3262	110.8x12.8x	20	3 steam turbines, 13620	4x1-120/47, 2-47/40	sunk 3.8.1943
Città di Genova D4	1930 // 1940	CNR, Palermo	5413	125.5x15.5x	19	2 diesels, 1900	4x1-120/45, 2-20/65, 2-13.2	sunk 21.1.1943
Città di Napoli D1	12.6.1929 // 1940	CT, Riva Trigoso	5418	119.2x15.5x	17	2 diesels	4x1-120/45	sunk 28.11.1942
Città di Palermo D3	1930 // 1940	CNR, Palermo	5413	125.5x15.6x	19	2 diesels	4x1-120/45	sunk 5.1.1942
Città di Tunisi D2	1930 // 1940	CT, Riva Trigoso	5419	119.0x15.5x	17	2 diesels	4x1-120/45	captured 9.9.1943
Egeo (ex-Città di Bari)	2.4.1927 // 6.1940	STT, Trieste	3220	96.0x13.7x7.3	15	1 diesel, 1950	2x1-102/45, 5-13.2	sunk 24.4.1941
Egitto D11	1928 // 7.1940	STT, Trieste	3220	96.7x13.7x7.3	12.5	1 diesel, 1950	2x1-102/45, 5-13.2	sunk 1.3.1942
Filippo Grimani D9	7.6.1928 // 7.1941	STT, Trieste	3431	100.4x13.5x	16.5	2 diesels, 4200	2x1-102/45, 4-13.2, 60mines	captured by Germany 9.9.1943
Francesco Morosini D12	3.10.1928 // 6.1940	STT, Trieste	2423	84.0x12.7x	17	2 diesels, 2100	2x1-120/45, 2-20/65	captured 9.9.1943
Ipparco Baccich D17	1931 // 6.1941	CNQ, Fiume	1500	62.0x9.2x4.5	14	1diesel	2x1-76/40, 2-13.2, 2DCT	scuttled 8.9.1943
Lazzaro Mocenigo D21	1928 // 1940	CNSR, San Rocco	1403	71.8x10.5x4.5	14	1 diesel, 1200	2x1-100/47, 2-20/65, 2DCT	stricken 1945
Lew D25			1980				2x1-102/45
Loredan D19	5.9.1936 // 1940	CRDA, Monfalcone	1357	72.2x10.9x	14	1 diesel	2x1-102/45	sunk 10.4.1943
Lorenzo Marcello D20	1928 // 1941	STT, Trieste	1413	67.0x10.5x	14	1 diesel	2x1-100/47, 4-20/65, 2DCT	sunk 19.6.1943
Narenta D18	1934 // 7.1941	CNR, Ancona	1362	72.2x10.9x	12	1 diesel, 1600	2x1-100/47, 4-20/65	sunk 11.4.1943
Olbia D7	1929 // 1940	Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente	3514	95.9x13.3x	14.5	2 diesels	4x1-102/45	sunk 20.6.1943
Piero Foscari D10	7.6.1928 // 8.1940	STT, Trieste	3423	100.4x13.6x	16.5	2 diesels, 4200	2x1-102/45, 4-20/65, 80mines	returned 1.1941, commissioned again 7.1941, sunk 9.9.1943
Ramb I	1937 // 6.1940	Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente	3667	116.8x15.1x	17	2 diesels, 7200	4x1-120/40, 2-13.2	sunk 27.2.1941
Ramb II	7.6.1937 // 6.1940	CRDA, Monfalcone	3685	116.8x15.2x	17	2 diesels, 7200	2x1-120/40, 2-13.2	scuttled 8.9.1943
Ramb III D6	1938 // 4.1940	Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente	3667	116.8x15.1x	17	2 diesels, 6800	4x1-120/45, 2-13.2	scuttled 9.9.1943
Zara D14	4.7.1931 // 1940	CRDA, Monfalcone	1976	81.5x12.3x	14	2 diesels		sunk 2.11.1942

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Lago Tana D22 (1940, 783, 2-100/47, 6.1940 - 20.11.1942), Lago Zuai D23 (1940, 783, 2 - 100/47, 7.1940 - capt. 9.9.1943 (German UJ2220)), Loredan (1936, 700, 2-102/45, 1941 - 10.4.1943), Lubiana (ex-Ljubljana) D27 (1904, 953, 1941 - 1945), Mazara D24 (1934, 984, 2-76/40, 1940 - capt.9.9.1943), Pola D28 (1941, 451, 1.1942 - 8.9.1943, 20.9.1943 - 1945), Rovigno D29 (1940, 450, 1.1942 - 9.9.1943)

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Project history

Merchant vessels converted to large patrols, more smaller than AMCs of other countries. Many of them can be used as minelayers.

Modernizations

1941, Adriatico: - 2 x 1 - 102/45, 2 - 13.2; + 2 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 20/65

Naval service

Adriatico was sunk 1.12.1941 by British cruisers Aurora, Penelope and destroyer Lively en route from Argostoli to Bengasi. Ipparco Baccich was scuttled by her crew 8.9.1943 at La Spezia. Brindisi was torpedoed by British submarine Uproar 6.8.1943 en route from Bari to Teodo and foundered under tow at Brindisi. Capitano A. Cecchi was lost 8.5.1941 off Cyrenaica as result of ammunition explosion. Cattaro was captured by German troops 9.9.1943 and in 1944 was badly damaged by Allied aircraft. Città di Genova was sunk en route from Patra to Bari 21.1.1943 by British submarine Tigris. Attilio Defenu was sunk by British submarines Thunderbolt and Thrasher 25.11.1941 en route from Taranto to Patra. Egitto was mined 1.3.1942 between Taranto and Messina. Filippo Grimani was captured by Germans in September, 1943 and after war returned to mercantile service. Lorenzo Marcello was mined 19.6.1943 en route from Bari to Patra. Francesco Morosini was captured by German troops 9.9.1943. Ramb I was sunk 27.2.1941 by New Zealand cruiser Leander in Indian Ocean off atoll Addu. Ramb III was scuttled by crew 9.9.1943 at Kobe (Japan). Città di Catania was sunk 3.8.1943 by British submarine Unruffled off Brindisi. Arborea was captured by German troops 8.9.1943. Barletta was badly damaged by German aircraft 2.12.1943 at Bari and repaired only in 1948 as merchant vessel. Brioni was sunk by Allied aircraft 2.11.1942 at Tobruk. Caralis was sunk by American aircraft 28.5.1943 at Leghorn. Egeo was sunk 24.4.1941 en route from Tunis to Palermo by British destroyers Jervis, Juno and Janus. Piero Foscari was sunk by German MTBs 9.9.1943 off Cape Castiglioncello. Narento was bombed by Allied aircraft 6.4.1943 at Trapani and later capsized. Ramb II was scuttled 8.9.1943 at Kobe (Japan).