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TA19 as Calatafimi

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
TA16 (ex-Castelfidardo)			Orlando, Livorno, Italy	12.1920	17.3.1923	5.1924 // 10.1943	sunk 2.6.1944
Achilles (ex-Calatafimi), 10.1943- TA15, 11.1943- TA19			Orlando, Livorno, Italy	7.1920	4.6.1922	3.1924 // 9.1943	sunk 9.8.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	953
Displacement full, t	1210
Length, m	84.6 wl 84.7 oa
Breadth, m	8.02
Draught, m	2.46
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Zoelly steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	22000
Max speed, kts	24
Fuel, t	oil 206
Endurance, nm(kts)	600(12)
Armament	TA16: 2 x 2 - 102/45 S-A M1919, 4 x 1 - 20/65 M1939, 2 x 3 - 450 TT, 16 mines TA19: 1 x 2 - 102/45 S-A M1919, 1 x 1 - 102/45 S-A M1919, 5 x 1 - 20/65 M1939, 1 x 2 - 533 TT, 16 mines
Complement	134

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Project history

Outdated Italian torpedo boats of Curtatone class, captured in Aegean Sea in September, 1943. TA16 has entered German service 14.11.1943 and TA19 13.10.1943. Real speed did not exceed 24kts and an endurance 600(12)nm.

Modernizations

late 1943, TA16: - 1 x 3 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 20/65 M1939

late 1943, TA19: - 1 x 1 - 102/45; + 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30

Naval service

Both served in Aegean Sea. TA16 was damaged by British aircraft 31.5.1944, fore end was broken off, 2.6.1944 she was lost at Heraklion (Crete) as a result of explosion on s/s Gertrud, attacked by British bombers. TA19 was damaged by missiles from British aircraft 19.6.1944 and was under repair 1 month, 9.8.1944 she was sunk by a torpedo from Greek submarine Pipinos at Samos.