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Italian torpedo boat Giacinto Carini; Italian destroyer Giacomo Medici; Italian torpedo boat Giacomo Medici; Italian destroyer Giovanni Acerbi; Italian destroyer Giuseppe Cesare Abba; Italian torpedo boat Giuseppe Cesare Abba; Italian destroyer Giuseppe Dezza; Italian torpedo boat Giuseppe Dezza; Italian destroyer Giuseppe La Farina
Vedetta anti sommergibile (anti-submarine picket boat), commonly abbreviated as VAS and also known in Italy as VAS Baglietto (from the name of the shipyard that designed VAS and built a number of them), was a class of motor torpedo boats that served as coastal anti-submarine patrol boats in the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during World War II.
The Spica-class was a class of torpedo boats of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II. These ships were built as a result of a clause in the Washington Naval Treaty, which stated that ships with a tonnage of less than 600 could be built in unlimited numbers. Thirty-two ships were built between 1934 and 1937, thirty of which ...
List of torpedo boats of World War II Ship Operator Class Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Airone Regia Marina: Spica: 795 10 May 1938 sunk 12 October 1940 Albatros Kriegsmarine: Type 1923 ("Raubvogel") 923 15 May 1927 constructive total loss 10 April 1940 Albatros Regia Marina: 329 10 November 1934 sunk 27 September 1941 Alcione ...
The MAS squadron came under intense air attack from Soviet fighter-bombers and torpedo boats but performed well. They sank the 5,000-ton steamer Abkhazia and disabled the 10,000-ton transport Fabritius, which was subsequently destroyed by German Stuka dive-bombers. MAS boats destroyed troop barges and damaged Soviet warships.
The Motosilurante CRDA 60 t (also known as MS boat) was a type of motor torpedo boat built for the Regia Marina during World War II.It was designed on the pattern of German S-boats — some early examples of which were captured by the Italians from Yugoslav Navy — to complement the faster but less seaworthy MAS boats.
The Italian torpedo boat Lupo was a Spica-class torpedo boat built for the Regia Marina in the late 1930s. During the Second World War, Lupo was involved in several naval actions, including that of the eponymous "Lupo convoy", for which she was awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valour. Lupo was sunk in action on 2 December 1942.
A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol engines, typically marinised aircraft engines or their derivatives, which distinguished them from other naval craft of the era, including other torpedo boats, that used steam turbines or ...