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Pilade Bronzetti

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rosolino Pilo	PL, 1954- M5336		Odero, Sestri Ponente	8.1913	24.3.1915	5.1915	stricken 10.1954
Giuseppe Cesare Abba	AB, 1954- M5330		Odero, Sestri Ponente	8.1913	25.5.1915	7.1915	minesweeper 1953, stricken 9.1958
Pilade Bronzetti, 1.1921- Giuseppe Dezza	BR, 1921- DZ		Odero, Sestri Ponente	9.1913	26.10.1915	1.1916	captured by Germany 16.9.1943 (TA35)
Giuseppe Missori	MS		Odero, Sestri Ponente	1.1914	20.12.1915	3.1916	captured by Germany 10.9.1943 (TA22)
Antonio Mosto	MO, MT, 1954- M5335		Pattison, Napoli	10.1913	20.5.1915	7.1915	minesweeper 1953, stricken 12.1958
Ippolito Nievo	NV		Odero, Sestri Ponente	8.1913	24.7.1915	10.1915	stricken 4.1938
Francesco Nullo, 1.1921- Fratelli Cairoli	CL		Pattison, Napoli	9.1913	12.11.1914	5.1915	sunk 23.12.1940
Simone Schiaffino	SF, SH		Odero, Sestri Ponente	9.1913	11.9.1915	11.1915	sunk 24.4.1941

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	770
Displacement full, t	912
Length, m	72.5 wl 73.0 oa
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	2.33 normal 2.72 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Tosi steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	16000 Antonio Mosto, Francesco Nullo: 14800
Max speed, kts	30 Antonio Mosto, Francesco Nullo: 29
Fuel, t	oil 150
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(14)
Armament	4 x 1 - 76/40 Ar1916, 2 x 1 - 76/40 A1916 AA, 4 x 1 - 450 TT, 10 mines
Complement	69 - 79

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Project history

Development of Indomito class with artillery of uniform calibre, increased capacity of oil fuel tanks and cruising turbines.

In 1929 they were re-rated as torpedo boats. By 1940 their speed did not exceed 25kts.

Modernizations

1919 - 1921, all: - 6 x 1 - 76/40; + 5 x 1 - 102/35 S1914-1915, 2 x 1 - 40/39 V1917, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80

1941 - 1942, all survived: - 3 x 1 - 102/35, 2 x 1 - 40/39, 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 6 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 2 DCT

1953 - 1954, Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Antonio Mosto: were converted to fast minesweepers; - 1 x 1 - 102/35, (2 - 4) x 1 - 20/65, 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + radar, mechanical minesweeping gear

Naval service

Fratelli Cairoli 23.12.1940 was lost on a mine laid by British submarine Porpoise off Tripoli. Simone Schiaffino 24.4.1941 was lost on Italian mines at coast of Tunisia. Giuseppe Dezza 16.9.1943 was captured by German troops at Fiume, renamed TA35 and 17.8.1944 was lost on a mine off Pola. Giuseppe Missori 10.9.1943 was captured by German troops at Durazzo, renamed TA22, 25.6.1944 hard damaged by British aircraft SE off Trieste and scuttled at Trieste 2.5.1945.