Profile drawing of TA49
967 tDisplacement
81,42 mLength
34,0 knSpeed
01.01.1938Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

Former Italian torpedo boat Lira, scuttled by its own crew in September 1943 in La Spezia. Raised by the Kriegsmarine in early 1944 and renamed to TA49, the ship was sunk while still being repaired on 04.11.944 during an air attack.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
967 t
Length
81,42 m
Beam
7,92 m
Draft
2,96 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 10 cm
Additional guns
1 x 3,7 cm
Additional guns
9 x 2 cm
Torpedo tubes
4 x 45,5 cm torpedo tubes
Mines
20 Mines
Depth charges
2 DC launcher

Performance

Machinery and speed
19000 shp, 34,0 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Cantieri Navali del Quarnaro Fiume, 1936
Launched
12.09.1937
Commissioned
01.01.1938
Fate
sunk 04.11.1944