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Ernesto Giovannini 1934

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Andrea Bafile BF   Pattison, Napoli 1920 8.12.1921 1922 stricken 1939
Carlo del Greco DD   Pattison, Napoli 1920 9.9.1922 1922 stricken 1939
Tolosetto Farinati FR   Pattison, Napoli 1920 16.5.1922 1922 stricken 1939
Ernesto Giovannini GV   Pattison, Napoli 3.1920 11.3.1922 1922 stricken 12.1950
Emanuele Russo RS   Pattison, Napoli 1920 26.1.1922 1922 fire 29.3.1923
Alessandro Vitturi VT   Pattison, Napoli 1920 27.6.1922 1922 stricken 1939


Technical data


Displacement normal, t260
Displacement full, t

284
Length, m

52.0 - 52.1 pp
Breadth, m

5.70
Draught, m

1.80
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.

2400
Max speed, kts

24
Fuel, t

oil 40
Endurance, nm(kts)1100(11)
Armament

2 x 1 - 102/35 Schneider-Armstrong 1914-15, 2 x 1 - 6.5/115, 1 x 2 - 450 TT, 12 mines
Complement

53


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<i>Ernesto Giovannini 1940</i>
Ernesto Giovannini 1940


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<i>Ernesto Giovannini</i> 1934
Ernesto Giovannini 1934


Project history

Designed on the basis of Pattison-built small torpedo boats.

Modernizations

1939 - 1940, Ernesto Giovannini: - 2 x 1 - 6.5/115, 12 mines; + 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 DCR.

Naval service

Emanuele Russo sunk after fire 29.3.1923 at Naples.