Torpedo boats of the MAS 501 type are a type of torpedo boats of the Royal Italian Navy , built in 1936-1937. They were the development of torpedo boats of the type MAS 424. Sometimes they are assigned to the 1st series of torpedo boats of the “500th” class.
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| Prior type | MAS 424 |
| Subsequent type | MAS 526 |
| Years of construction | 1936-1937 |
| Built | 25 |
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| Displacement | Standard - 21.5 t |
| Length | 17 m |
| Width | 4.4 m |
| Draft | 1.3 m |
| Engines | 2 Isotta-Fraschini gasoline engines, 1.25 tons of gasoline. |
| Power | 2 × 1000 l. with. |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Speed | 44 knots (81 km / h ) |
| Sailing range | 350 nautical miles at 39 knots (72 km / h) |
| Crew | 9 people |
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| Flak | 1 - 13.2 mm machine gun |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 6 GB |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 × 1 - 450 mm TA |
A total of 25 boats were built, 4 of which (MAS 506, 508, 511 and 524) were sold to Sweden in 1940.
The boats had a wooden hull, with the exception of the last ship of the series (MAS 525), the hull of which was metal. According to some reports, a number of boats in this series had an additional 2 Alfa Romeo gasoline engines with a capacity of 80 liters. with. for the economic move. The armament of the boats included two 450-mm torpedoes, 6 depth charges for fighting submarines and one 13.2-mm machine gun.
Torpedo boats of this type participated in hostilities in the Mediterranean during World War II . Boats MAS 522 and 525 were captured by the Germans after the surrender of Italy, renamed S-511 and 508.
Sources
- Bragadin M.A. The Battle of the Mediterranean. The look of the vanquished. - M .: AST, 2001. - 624 p. - 8000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-002636-6 .
- Dashyan A.V., Patyanin S.V., Mityukov N.V., Drum M.S. Fleets of the Second World War. - M .: “Yauza”, “Collection”, “Eksmo”, 2009. - 608 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-33872-6 .