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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.
This category is for torpedo boats designed, built, or operated by Italy during World War II (1939–1945). Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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.
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 ...
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.
Wreck of HMS York inspected by the crew of the Italian torpedo boat Sirio, moored alongside. 25 March 1941: The Italian destroyers Francesco Crispi and Quintino Sella departed Leros island in the Aegean at night, each carrying 3 small (2-ton) Motoscafo da Turismo motor assault boats of the Decima MAS.
She was the first Italian unit to spot the enemy in the battle of Cape Spartivento, [31] and on 16 February 1943, Sirio led the escort of a four-ship convoy that detected by sonar and fought off the Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) MTB-77, MTB-82 and MTB-62 south of Marettimo. [32] Survived the war and served in the post war Marina Militare ...
The Italian plans for an assault motor torpedo boat, the MTS, began in December 1939. The Italian Naval Command goal was a small, high speed two-seat motor torpedo boat based on the Motoscafo da Turismo Modificato (MTM), itself an improved version of the MT motorboat which used an explosive charge as the warhead.