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TA33

Torpedo Boat  Soldati  Class


TA33

Captured Italian Cacciatorpediniere Squadrista.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Odero-Terni-Orlando Livorno, 1941
Launched:     12.09.1942
Commissioned:     
Fate:     destroyed 04.09.1944
Costs:     

Technical Data

Size:     2422 t
Length:     106,7 m
Beam:     10,2 m
Draft:     3,98 m
Armament:     3x 10,5 cm; 4 x 3,7 cm; 8 x 2 cm; 
  6 x 53,3 cm torpedo tubes ; 4 DC lanucher; 80 Mines
Performance:     52000 shp, 38,5 kn

History

This destroyer of the Italian Soldati class was captured by the Kriegsmarine while still incomplete.
TA33 (former Squadrista ) was first planed to be converted into a night fighter command ship. Therefore it was equipped with a "Freya" Funkmeßgerät (Radar) and additional 2 cm anti aircraft guns. In June 1944 it was decided to convert the almost complete ship into a torpedo boat, removing all the night fighter guidance equipment. Since the ship sunk on 04.09.1944 after three bomb hits, it was never put into service.


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