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APE canal gunboats (1918)
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Ape 1918
Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ape Vespa |
Arsenale di Venezia: Ape, Vespa |
8/1918: Ape, Vespa |
none |
none |
11.1924: Ape, Vespa |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 30 - 31 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 50 |
| Length, m | 20.5 pp |
| Breadth, m | 3.40 |
| Draught, m | 0.90 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Buffalo cruiser petrol engines |
| Power, h. p. | 80 - 120 |
| Max speed, kts | 9.4 |
| Fuel, t | petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 75/17 Army field gun, 11 x 1 - 6.5/115 |
| Complement |
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Ape 1918
Project history
Built for service in mouths of the rivers and bays. Gunboats were armed with one field gun on wheeled carriage.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
