 MS 473 (ex MS 31, now on display at the Museo Storico Navale) after the 1950s upgrades
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone |
| Operators |
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| Built | 1942–43 |
| In commission | 1942–1970s |
| Completed | 36 |
| Lost | 22 |
| Preserved | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 63–66 tons |
| Length | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Beam | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
| Draught | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | 3,450 brake horsepower (2,570 kW) |
| Propulsion | 3 × Isotta Fraschini Asso 1000 petrol engines |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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The Motosilurante CRDA 60 t (also known as MS boat) was a type of motor torpedo boat built for the Regia Marina during World War II. It was designed on the pattern of German S-boats — some early examples of which were captured by the Italians from Yugoslav Navy — to complement the faster but less seaworthy MAS boats.
It was two Motosiluranti CRDA that scored the single biggest success by fast torpedo craft in the Second World War, the sinking of British light cruiser HMS Manchester.[1] After the conflict surviving boats remained in service with the Marina Militare—the last ones being ultimately dismissed after almost 40 years of service, in the late 1970s.[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
regiamarinawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bagnasco, Erminio (January 2011). "Le "Nazionali"" (PDF). Marinai d'Italia. LV (1–2). Associazione Nazionale Marinai d'Italia: 16–19. Retrieved 6 April 2016.