MAS 15
MAS = Motoscafo Armato Silurante = torpedo motorboat
It was a small vessel that carried two torpedoes, depth charges and machine guns.
This particular vessel has entered the history of the Italian Navy. 10. June 1918 Captain Luigi Rizzo sank aboard the Austro-Hungarian Navy on board this vessel SMS St. István. This day is celebrated as the day of the Italian Navy.
Crew at the time of the attack:
Capitano di frigata (frigate captain) Luigi Rizzo - commander of the boat and the group
Timetable cover of 2 & # 170; classe (2nd Class Chief Helmsman) Armando Gori
Cannoniere (shooter) Giorgio Varchetta
Fuochista (engineer/engine operator) Salvatore Annaloro
Fuochista (engineer/engine operator) Giuseppe De Fano
Torpediniere (torpedo operator) Eraldo Bertucci
Mar & # 242; (sailor) Letterio Donato
Mar & # 242; (sailor) Francesco Bagnato
Volunteer motonauta (?) Emilio Manfredi
The vessel remained in the Monument of Emanuel Victor II in the Memorial flags of the armed forces (Museo Sacrario delle Bandiere delle Forze Armate al Vittoriano).
TTD:
Displacement: 16 t
Length: 16 m
Width: 2.63 m
Draft: 1.2 m
Drive
2 x petrol engine (900 hp total)
speed 25 knots
2 x auxiliary electric motor
speed 4 knots
Armament
2 x 450 mm torpedo
2 x machine gun
4-6 deep charges
Source: own visit to the museum/monument
http://www.warships.ru/MK/MK-4/Mk-4-1.htm
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MAS = Motoscafo Armato Silurante = torpedo motorboat
It was a small vessel that carried two torpedoes, depth charges and machine guns.
This particular vessel has entered the history of the Italian Navy. 10. June 1918 Captain Luigi Rizzo sank aboard the Austro-Hungarian Navy on board this vessel SMS St. István. This day is celebrated as the day of the Italian Navy.
Crew at the time of the attack:
Capitano di frigata (frigate captain) Luigi Rizzo - commander of the boat and the group
Timetable cover of 2 & # 170; classe (2nd Class Chief Helmsman) Armando Gori
Cannoniere (shooter) Giorgio Varchetta
Fuochista (engineer/engine operator) Salvatore Annaloro
Fuochista (engineer/engine operator) Giuseppe De Fano
Torpediniere (torpedo operator) Eraldo Bertucci
Mar & # 242; (sailor) Letterio Donato
Mar & # 242; (sailor) Francesco Bagnato
Volunteer motonauta (?) Emilio Manfredi
The vessel remained in the Monument of Emanuel Victor II in the Memorial flags of the armed forces (Museo Sacrario delle Bandiere delle Forze Armate al Vittoriano).
TTD:
Displacement: 16 t
Length: 16 m
Width: 2.63 m
Draft: 1.2 m
Drive
2 x petrol engine (900 hp total)
speed 25 knots
2 x auxiliary electric motor
speed 4 knots
Armament
2 x 450 mm torpedo
2 x machine gun
4-6 deep charges
Source: own visit to the museum/monument
http://www.warships.ru/MK/MK-4/Mk-4-1.htm
next see article