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TA20

Torpedo Boat 1916 - 1944  Kawakaze  Class

   Ship Info   1:1250 Model 

TA20

Captured Japanese destroyer Kawakaze, Kawakaze class


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Yarow & Co. Glasgow-Scotstoun, 1914
Launched:     26.10.1915
Commissioned:     05.07.1916 (21.10.1943 in German services)
Fate:     sunk 01.11.1944
Costs:     

Technical Data

Size:     1011 t
Length:     87,6 m
Beam:     8,38 m
Draft:     2,89 m
Armament:     2 x 10,2 cm; 2 x 3,7 cm; 6 x 2 cm; 20 Mines
Performance:     22000 shp, 31,0 kn

History

The Kawakaze was originally build as a destroyer for Japan, but bought as Intrepido by Italy in 1916. Reclassified as torpedo boat and renamed to Audace , it was captured on 12. 09.1943 in Venice. After equipped with additional antiaircraft guns, it was used
as TA20 for escort duty in the Adriatic Sea. On 01.11.1944 it was sunk in a battle with the British destroyers Avon Vale and Wheatland .


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