Ariete class torpedo boat
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The Ariete class torpedo boats were a group of destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy during World War II. They were enlarged versions of the Spica class torpedo boats and designed to escort convoys to North Africa. Sixteen ships were ordered but only one was completed by the time of the armistice. This ship the Ariete escaped and survived the war. Most of the other ships were completed by the Germans, entered service with the Kriegsmarine as Torpedoboot Ausland and were sunk.
[edit] General characteristics
- Displacement: 745 tons standard, 1,110 tons full load
- Length: 83.5 m (274 ft)
- Beam: 8.62 m (28.3 ft)
- Draught: 3.15 m (10.3 ft)
- Machinery: 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 2 boilers 22,000 hp
- Speed: 31.5 knots (58 km/h)
- Range:
- Armament
- 2 × 100 mm guns (2 × 1)
- 10 × 20 mm guns
- 6 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
- 20 mines
- Crew 158
[edit] Ships
| Italian Name | German number | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabarda | TA 42 | CRDA Trieste | 7 May 1944 | Sunk 21 March 1954 Ref |
| Ariete | n/a | Ansaldo, Genoa | 6 March 1942 | Escaped after the Armistice and interned by the Allies, transferred as reparation to Yugoslavia 1949 |
| Arturo | TA 24 | Ansaldo, Genoa | 27 March 1943 | Sunk 18 March 1945 Ref |
| Auriga | TA 27 | Ansaldo, Genoa | 15 April 1943 | Lost 9 June 1944 Ref to air attack by P-47s of the U.S. 332nd FG |
| Balestra | TA 47 | CNQ Fiume | not completed damaged by air raid on slipway Ref | |
| Daga | TA 39 | CRDA Trieste | 15 July 1943 | Sunk 16 October 1944 Ref |
| Dragone | TA 30 | Ansaldo, Genoa | 14 August 1943 | Sunk 15 June 1944 ref |
| Eridano | TA 29 | Ansaldo, Genoa | 12 July 1943 | Sunk 18 March 1945 ref |
| Fionda | TA 46 | CNQ Fiume | Lost 20 February 1945 ref | |
| Gladio | TA 37 | CRDA Trieste | 15 June 1943 | 7 October 1944 ref |
| Lancia | TA 41 | CRDA Trieste | 7 May 1944 | Sunk 17 February 1945 Ref |
| Pugnale | TA 40 | CRDA Trieste | 1 August 1944 | Scutted 4 May 1945 Ref |
| Rigel | TA 28 | Ansaldo, Genoa | 22 May 1943 | Sunk 9 June 1944 Ref |
| Spada | TA 38 | CRDA Trieste | 1 July 1943 | Sunk 13 October 1944 Ref |
| Spica | TA 45 | CNQ Fiume | Lost 13 April 1945 Ref | |
| Stella Polare | TA 36 | CNQ Fiume | 11 July 1943 | Sunk 18 March 1944 Ref |
[edit] References
- Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
- page from German Navy.de
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