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Canopo 1914

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Calipso			Pattison, Napoli	1.1908	26.4.1909	7.1909	stricken 9.1927
Calliope			Pattison, Napoli	9.1905	27.8.1906	12.1906	stricken 11.1924
Canopo	CN		Pattison, Napoli	8.1905	28.2.1907	6.1907	stricken 3.1923
Cassiopea			Pattison, Napoli	4.1905	5.7.1906	9.1906	stricken 11.1927
Centauro	CT		Pattison, Napoli	6.1905	20.12.1906	5.1907	wrecked 5.11.1921
Cigno			Pattison, Napoli	4.1905	9.5.1906	9.1906	stricken 3.1923
Climene			Pattison, Napoli	1.1908	15.5.1909	8.1909	stricken 7.1926
Clio			Pattison, Napoli	7.1905	20.10.1906	4.1907	stricken 11.1927

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Calipso, Climene: 208 others: 217
Displacement full, t
Length, m	50.0 wl 50.3 oa
Breadth, m	5.30
Draught, m	Calipso, Climene: 1.70 others: 1.72
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	2900
Max speed, kts	25
Fuel, t	Calipso, Climene: oil 40 coal 40
Endurance, nm(kts)	330(25)
Armament	3 x 1 - 47/40 (s.o.), 3 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	Calipso, Climene: 35 others: 38

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Project history

Built under British design. Successful ships with good seaworthiness for their dimensions. Cassiopea and Climene in 1915-1917 were converted to fast minesweepers.

Modernizations

1915, Cassiopea, Climene: - 1 x 1 - 47/40, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear (temporarily till 1918)

1917 - 1920, all were armed with 2 x 1 - 76/40 A1916, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 4 x 1 - 450 TT

1919 - 1920, some boats: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 1 x 2 - 450 TT

Naval service

Centauro 5.11.1921 ran aground on rocks at coast of Turkey.