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Pages in category "World War II torpedo boats of Italy" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Camouflaged World War II MAS in the Mediterranean Sea. Motoscafo armato silurante (torpedo-armed motorboat), alternatively Motoscafo antisommergibili (anti-submarine motorboat) and commonly abbreviated as MAS, was a class of fast torpedo-armed vessels used by the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during World War I and World War II.
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.
Motor Torpedo Boat MS 31: Torpedo Wairangi, 12,400 ton [24] [23] Operation Pedestal Cape Bon 13 August 1942 Motor Torpedo Boats MAS 552 and MAS 554: Torpedo Almeria Lykes, 7,773 ton [25] [23] Operation Pedestal Cape Bon 13 August 1942 Motor Torpedo Boat MAS 554 Torpedo Santa Elisa, 8,379 ton [26] [23] Operation Pedestal Cape Bon 13 August 1942 ...
The Ciclone class were a group of torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy which fought in the Second World War. They were modified, slightly heavier, versions of the previous Orsa class, with improved stability and heavier anti-submarine armament. These ships were built as part of the Italian war mobilization programme and ...
This is a list of torpedo boats of the Second World War, not to be confused with smaller motor torpedo boats. [1] [2] [3] [4]The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type.
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 ...