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MAS-class Motor Torpedo Boat

CountryItaly
Machinery18-cyl ASM 184 engine (1,500hp)
Speed45 knots
Armament1x13.2mm Breda machine gun, 2x450mm torpedoes

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This article refers to the entire MAS-class; it is not about an individual vessel.

ww2dbaseThe Motoscafo armato silurante, "torpedo-armed motorboat", shortened to MAS, was a class of fast torpedo-armed vessels used by the Italian Navy starting in WW1, securing their place in the navy after the successful sinking of battleship SMS Wien in Dec 1917 and battleship SMS Szent István in Jun 1918. By the WW2-era, MAS boats remained in service as multipurpose vessels capable of independent patrols. Abroad, they serviced in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and Lake Ladoga.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia

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Camouflaged Italian Navy MAS boat in the Mediterranean Sea, circa early 1940sItalian torpedo boat MAS 528 on Lake Ladoga near Lahdenpohja, Finland (now Lakhdenpokhya, Russia), 18 Jun 1942MAS 15 torpedo boat, Vittorio Emanuele II National Monument museum, Rome, Italy, 10 May 2018, photo 1 of 6MAS 15 torpedo boat, Vittorio Emanuele II National Monument museum, Rome, Italy, 10 May 2018, photo 2 of 6
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Camouflaged Italian Navy MAS boat in the Mediterranean Sea, circa early 1940s
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