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ALBATROS torpedo boat (1934)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Albatros AA   CNR, Palermo 11.1931 27.5.1934 11.1934 sunk 27.9.1941


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

408

Displacement full, t

490

Length, m

70.5

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

1.71 normal 2.20 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Beluzzo geared steam turbines, 2 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

4300

Max speed, kts

24.5

Fuel, t

oil 72

Endurance, nm(kts)1420(14)
Armament

2 x 1 - 102/35 Schneider-Armstrong 1914-15, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipmenthydrophone
Complement

187



Standard scale images


<i>Albatros</i> 1939
Albatros 1939


Project history

Albatros became the first attempt to create a specialised submarine chaser. The design was developed in 1931. It has appeared unsuccessful, and sister ship building have refused in favour of larger one (future Pegaso class). In 1938 she was re-rated from submarine chaser to torpedo boat.

Modernizations

1939: + 2 x 1 - 37/54 Breda 1939

Naval service

Albatros 27.9.1941 was sunk by British submarine Upright off Messina.