Orsa class torpedo boat

Torpedo boat Pegaso
Class overview
Operators:	Regia Marina  Marina Militare
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:	2 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge throwers

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.