Orsa class

Orsa class

Ship data country  Italy Ship type Torpedo boat Construction period 1936 to 1938 Units built 4th period of service 1938 to 1965

Ship dimensions and crew length 89.3 m ( Lüa ) 82.5 m ( Lpp ) width 9.69 m Draft Max. 3.74 m displacement Standard : 840 ts / 854 t Use: 1,575 ts / 1,600 t   crew 168 men

Machine system machine 2 three-drum boilers 2 sets of Tosi geared turbines Machine performance 16,000 PS (11,768 kW) Top speed 28 kn (52 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 2 × 10 cm 8 × 13.2 mm MG 4 × torpedo tubes ⌀ 45.7 cm up to 20 sea mines

The Orsa class was a class of four torpedo boats of the Italian Navy , which were used in World War II and partly afterwards.

List of ships

	Surname	Shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning	Whereabouts
PG	Pegaso	BSN, Castellammare di Stabia	February 15, 1936	December 8, 1936	March 30, 1938	submerged: September 11, 1943
PR	Procione		February 15, 1936	January 31, 1937	March 30, 1938	self-sunk: September 9, 1943
OS	Orsa	CNR, Palermo	April 27, 1936	March 21, 1937	March 31, 1938	out of service: July 1, 1965
ON	Orione		April 27, 1936	April 21, 1937	March 31, 1938	out of service: January 1, 1965

See also

• List of ship classes in the Italian Navy
• Italian naval units in World War II

literature

• Mike J. Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 , p. 167 .

Web links

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