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Orsa class torpedo boat

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Torpedo boat Pegaso
Class overview
Operators:
In commission: 1936–1964
Completed: 4
Lost: 2
General characteristics
Type: Torpedo boat
Displacement:
  • 840 long tons (850 t) standard
  • 1,575 long tons (1,600 t) full load
Length: 82.5 m (270 ft 8 in)
Beam: 9.69 m (31 ft 9 in)
Draught: 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft steam turbines
  • 2 boilers
  • 16,000 hp (11,900 kW)
Speed: 28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Complement: 116
Armament:

The Orsa class were a group of large torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930s. They were an enlarged version of the Spica-class torpedo boat, with more endurance and a greater depth charge load but less powerful machinery and a lighter gun armament. The surviving pair were rebuilt as anti-submarine frigates in the 1950s.


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