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76YA torpedo boats (1887 - 1896)


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77Ya 1887

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
76Ya     Yarrow, Poplar, UK 1885 1887 5/1887 discarded 9.1910
77Ya     Yarrow, Poplar, UK 1885 1886 6/1887 discarded 3.1907
78Ya     R. Arsenale di Venezia 10/1885 27.11.1894 10/1895 discarded 5.1907
79Ya     R. Arsenale di Venezia 10/1885 23.3.1895 4/1896 discarded 5.1907


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

108

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

41.2

Breadth, m

4.27

Draught, m

1.54

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VDE, 2 locomotive boilers

Power, h. p.

1600 - 1640

Max speed, kts

76Ya, 77Ya: 26

78Ya, 79Ya: 22

Fuel, t

coal 27

Endurance, nm(kts)1800(12)
Armament

76Ya, 77Ya: 2 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 2 - 350 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 350 TT

78Ya, 79Ya: 2 x 5 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 - 350 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 350 TT

Complement

20



Standard scale images


<i>76Ya</i> 1900
76Ya 1900


Graphics


<i>77Ya </i>1887
77Ya 1887


Project history

Second class TBs. 78Ya and 79Ya were Italian-built and suffered protracted building periods owing to lack of funds. Although there was a 4kt difference in speed between the two pairs, all were considered to be very successful vessels.

Modernizations

1898, 77Ya: was reboilered with watertube boilers

Naval service

No significant events.