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Pilo Class

Class overview
Name	Pilo class
Builders	Odero
Operators	Italian navy 1916-1943 Regia Marina German navy 1943-1944 Kriegsmarine
Succeeded by	Generali class destroyer
Planned	8
Completed	8
Lost	8
General characteristics
Class and type	Pilo Class Torpedo Boat
Displacement	912 tons (max) 770 tons (standard)
Length	73 m (240 ft)
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Installed power	16,000 brake horsepower (12,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Tosi steam turbines 4 x Thornycroft boilers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	69-79
Armament	1915-1918: 4 x 1 76mm/40 autocannon 2 x 1 76mm/40 AA 4 x 1 450TT 10 mines 1919-1921: 6 x 1 76mm/40 autocannon 5 x 1 102mm/35 gun 2 x 1 - 40mm/39 AA

History

The Pilo class was a class of torpedo boat constructed during World War I. It was a class of 8 vessels that were used throughout both World Wars. The class was re-classified as a destroyer in 1929.

Operators

• Kingdom of Italy

• Nazi Germany

German Capture

Following Italy's surrender on the 8th September 1943, Germany captured 2 attempted to cripple her naval force. This included capturing 2 of her Pilo class torpedo boats, the Giuseppe Missori, which was renamed TA22 and the Giuseppe Dezza, which was renamed TA35. These vessels were re designated as destroyers and put back into service with the kriegsmarine. The TA22 was attacked by the all african american fighter group, the Tuskegee Airmen, who put it out of action. The TA35 was sunk on the 17th August 1944.

Ships in the Class

Name	Hull builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Rosolino Pilo	Odero, Sestri Ponente	August 1913	24 March 1915	May 1915	stricken October 1954
Giuseppe Cesare Abba	Odero, Sestri Ponente	August 1913	25 may 1915	July 1915	stricken September 1958
Giuseppe Dezza	Odero, Sestri Ponente	September 1913	26 October 1915	January 1916	captured by Germany 16 September 1943
Giuseppe Missori	Odero, Sestri Ponente	January 1914	20 December 1915	March 1916	captured by Germany 10 September 1943
Antonio Mosto	Pattison, Napoli	October 1913	20 May 1915	July 1915	stricken December 1958
Ippolito Nievo	Odero, Sestri Ponente	August 1913	24 July 1915	October 1915	stricken April 1938
Fratelli Cairoli	Pattison, Napoli	September 1913	12 November 1914	May 1915	sunk 23 September 1940
Simone Schiaffino	Odero, Sestri Ponente	September 1913	11 September 1915	November 1915	sunk 24 April 1941

See also

• Tuskegee Airmen
• Steam Gun Boat

References

• Dallies-Labourdette, Jean Philippe (June 2003). German S-boote at War, 1939–1945. Histoire and Collections. ISBN 2-913903-49-5.

External links

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Category:Boat types Category:Cold War patrol vessels of Germany Category:Motor torpedo boats of the Kriegsmarine Category:Motor torpedo boats of the Regia Marina Category:Ship types Category:World War II naval ships of Germany Category:World War II naval ships of Italy