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56S torpedo boats (1888 - 1893)


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144S 1893  

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

56S, 1.1894- 80S

86S - 92S

124S - 127S

139S - 144S

Ansaldo, Genova: 56S, 86S - 92S, 124S - 127S, 139S - 144S

1888 - 1893: 56S, 86S - 92S, 124S - 127S, 139S - 144S

none

none

1907 - 1915: 56S, 86S - 92S, 124S - 127S, 139S - 144S



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

78

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

39.0 pp 39.8 oa

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

2.01

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VDE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

782 - 1079

Max speed, kts

21 - 22

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

56S, 86S - 92S: 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

124S - 127S, 139S - 144S: 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 1 - 350 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 350 TT

Complement

17



Standard scale images


sister-boat <i>99S </i>1887
sister-boat 99S 1887


Graphics


<i>144S </i>1893  
144S 1893  


Project history

Second class TBs.

Modernizations

1890s, 91S, 124S, 125S, 139S: were converted for oil fuel

Naval service

87S sank after collision with battleship Terribile 11.6.1894 in La Spezia Bay but was refloated next day and commissioned again.