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Italian torpedo boats ww1. 70OLT torpedo boats 1918 33. In 1898 the United States and Spain were at war. Well help you find or build the Cobalt Boat of your dreams call us today to get started.

About MAS 15 - Italian World War I Motor Torpedo Boat Lightly armed and fast the Italian-built MAS 15 was one of the first historical examples of a torpedo boat in action. This was the Janus which had just discovered the. This was a short parachute-dropped torpedo that ran in circles spirals and curves.

Dropping conditions were about 150 knots from 200 to 600 feet 60 to 180 m. 50 cm 197 W 120500 x 26. At 2233 while the torpedo boat was 5 miles north-north east of Cape Spada a lookout signaled an enemy destroyer at about 1200 to 1500 meters to the right.

Most European navies had some type of motor torpedo boat MTB by the outbreak of war on July 29 1914 but it was the Italian navy with the Adriatic Sea as a proving ground that did the most to advance the design and tactics of this formidable weapon system. FR41 torpedo boats 1936 - 1937 1942 39. 1897 - USS Winslow Torpedo Boat No.

Well help you find or build the Cobalt Boat of your dreams call us today to get started. Development of Italian torpedo boats had a lot to do with its immediate Adriatic neighbour and rival Austria-Hungary. Written by Jonathan Manuel.

Indeed its a subject of the Empire which in the late 1860s and early 1870s developed for the first time a new kind of naval mine self-propelled later called torpedo due to. The development of large battleships and cruisers also brought about new and creative ways to sink these floating fortresses. Primary armaments included torpedoes and depth charges and crew also manned a.