ww2 Italian TBs

Regia Marina: Single ship Built 1931-34 Albatros was a submarine chaser of the Regia Marina that saw action during the war. The type branched out later to the smaller and simpler Gabbiano class Corvettes. She was reclassified as a torpedo boat, most likely purely for administrative purposes but influenced the design of modern Italian torpedo … Read more

Oceanic Submersible (1936-43) In the wake of the Ettore Fieramosca (1928), and attempt of submarine cruiser, Pietro Micca was the prototype for a new serie of fast and long range submarines, but not cruisers. They were to be much smaller, with a conventional torpedo armament but mine laying capability, as well as enough internal space … Read more

Regia Marina -4 destroyers: Curtatone, Castelfidardo, Catalafimi, Monzanbano. Built 1920-1924, interwar, ww2, cold war (1924-51) The Curtatone-class were four destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina, laid down in 1920 and completed in 1923-24. They were a follow up of the Curtatone, which design went back to 1915, based on the Audace-class. If initially eight were … Read more

Regia Marina -4 destroyers: Palestro, Confienza, San Martino, Solferino. Built 1917-1922, interwar, ww2 (1922-44) The Palestro-class were four destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina laid down in 1917 but only completed postwar, in 1921-22. They were initially designed in 1915, based on the Audace-class destroyer and quite different from the usual “tre pipe”. Eight were … Read more