GAZZELLA minesweepers (1944

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
B2 (ex-M803), 1953- Daino	1953- M5339, 6.1956- F542		Schichau, Königsberg, Germany		19.10.1944	1.1945 // 7.1949	survey vessel 1960
B3 (ex-M801), 1953- Gazzella	1953- M5342, 6.1956- F541		Schichau, Königsberg, Germany		9.9.1944	12.1944 // 7.1949	TS 1960, discarded 1966

Displacement standard, t	582
Displacement full, t	821
Length, m	63.1 wl 67.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.00
Draught, m	2.27 normal 2.68 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE with exhaust turbine, 2 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	2700
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 136
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 - 533 TT, 4 DCT (36), 24 mines, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	FuMO 61 radar (on some), S-Gerät sonar (presumably), GHG hydrophone
Complement	96

B2 1949

Former German type 1943 minesweepers assigned to USN in 1947 and transferred to Italian Navy.

1956, as patrol ships: boilers were converted to oil; armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 100/47 OTO 1937, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 DCT, radar

No significant events.