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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Albatros	AA		CNR, Palermo	11.1931	27.5.1934	11.1934	sunk 27.9.1941

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	408
Displacement full, t	490
Length, m	70.5
Breadth, m	6.90
Draught, m	1.71 normal 2.20 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Beluzzo geared steam turbines, 2 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	4300
Max speed, kts	24.5
Fuel, t	oil 72
Endurance, nm(kts)	1420(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/35 Schneider-Armstrong 1914-15, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 4 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	hydrophone
Complement	187

Standard scale images

Project history

Albatros became the first attempt to create a specialised submarine chaser. The design was developed in 1931. It has appeared unsuccessful, and sister ship building have refused in favour of larger one (future Pegaso class). In 1938 she was re-rated from submarine chaser to torpedo boat.

Modernizations

1939: + 2 x 1 - 37/54 Breda 1939

Naval service

Albatros 27.9.1941 was sunk by British submarine Upright off Messina.