Name Albatros Laid down November 1931 Fate Sunk 27 September 1941 Construction started November 1931 Length 70 m | Owner Regia Marina Commissioned November 1934 Beam 6.90 m Launched 27 May 1934 Draft 1.71 m | |
Builder Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti | ||
Albatros was a torpedo boat of the Regia Marina which served in World War II. She fought in the Mediterranean Sea and was sunk by HMS Upright in 1941. Albatros was the first project to create a specialised antisubmarine vessel. In 1939 became the first Italian ship with a sonar (ecogoniometro in Italian).
Service
After being fired upon by the British submarine Phoenix on 16 July 1940, Albatros counter-attacked with depth charges and destroyed her. She was torpedoed and sunk by the British U-class submarine Upright on 27 September 1941.
References
Italian torpedo boat Albatros Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA