"SVAN velocissimo" type motor torpedo boats (MAS423) (1929

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"SVAN velocissimo" type motor torpedo boats (MAS423) (1929 - 1930)

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
MAS423 - 426	SVAN, Venezia: MAS423-426	1928: MAS424 1929: MAS423, 425 1930: MAS426	MAS423 (9.9.1943), MAS424 (26.2.1935), MAS425 (?/?/1937)	none	6.1943: MAS426

Names

Builders

Completed

Losses

Transfers

Discarding

MAS423 - 426

SVAN, Venezia: MAS423-426

1928: MAS424

1929: MAS423, 425

1930: MAS426

MAS423 (9.9.1943), MAS424 (26.2.1935), MAS425 (?/?/1937)

none

6.1943: MAS426

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	12.6
Displacement full, t
Length, m	16.0
Breadth, m	2.98
Draught, m	1.03
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Isotta Fraschini petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1500
Max speed, kts	40
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)	127(36)
Armament	2 x 1 - 6.5/115, 2 - 450 TT
Complement	9

Standard scale images

very close MAS432 1930

Project history

Further development of "12-ton" SVAN boat of WWI-era. At the expense of installation of much more powerful engines the speed was significantly increased.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service