Italian torpedo boat Albatros
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| Name: | Albatros |
| Owner: | Regia Marina |
| Builder: | Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti[1] |
| Laid down: | November 1931[2] |
| Launched: | 27 May 1934[2] |
| Commissioned: | November 1934[2] |
| Fate: | Sunk 27 September 1941[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 70.5 m[2] |
| Beam: | 6.90 m[2] |
| Draught: | 1.71 m[2] |
| Installed power: | 4000 s.h.p.[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 twin screw steam propulsion engines[1] |
| Speed: | 24.5 knots[1] |
| Endurance: | 1420 nautical miles at 14 knots[2] |
| Complement: | 187[2] |
Albatros was a torpedo boat of the Regia Marina which served in World War II. She fought in the Mediterranean Sea and was sunk by HMS Upright in 1941. Albatros was the first project to create a specialised antisubmarine vessel.[2] In 1939 became the first Italian ship with a sonar (ecogoniometro in Italian).
Service
After being fired upon by the British submarine Phoenix on 16 July 1940,[3] Albatros counter-attacked with depth charges and destroyed her.[4] She was torpedoed and sunk by the British U-class submarine Upright on 27 September 1941.[2]
