Crippled a RN destroyer twice her size in defence of a convoy though heavy damaged in reply. A decent candidate for a defensive/survivor ability and/or a gun SA.
4TT would suggest 1/1/1 or 2/1 as in sister ship Lupo. These were small ships. This seems a massive upgrade from Lupo: +1 ASW, +1 torp, +1 VA, +1 Hull. She seems to be statted the same as Pegaso, which was a different and larger, in displacement, class.
Last Edit: Oct 7, 2022 13:35:02 GMT by admiralduncan
Post by admiralduncan on Oct 10, 2022 13:08:19 GMT
She didn't do much in the Maritza convoy action except lay smoke and survive. The whole convoy was sunk, but the escort was massively outnumbered.
She didn't do much in the Belluno convoy action either, although her stand with Cigno did keep the two Brit DD's away from the convoy. she again survived, just barely this time. According to my details it was Cigno (sunk for her troubles) that did most of the damage to the Brit DD.
So...Lay Smoke Screen, some convoy protection/escort SA, and some survivor/stalwart SA?
Last Edit: Oct 10, 2022 17:44:03 GMT by admiralduncan
Maybe do her sister ship Cigno instead with something like 'Act of Defiance' as she crippled the British DD Parthian with her last shots as she was split in two and sinking.
Type Torpedo boat Displacement 795 long tons (808 t) standard 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) full load Length 83.5 m (273 ft 11 in) Beam 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in) Draught 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in) Installed power 19,000 hp (14,200 kW) Propulsion 2 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts Speed 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) Complement 116 Sensors and processing systems Sonar and hydrophones Armament 3 × 100 mm (3.9 in) 100/47 dual-purpose guns 9–11 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Breda 20/65 mod. 35 AA guns 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (4 × single mounts) Up to 20 mines
On the night of the 16th april 1943, the small convoy lead by the Cigno was attacked by 2 Royal Navy destroyers. Despite being drastically outclassed, cigno and her sister cassiopeia engaged the enemy. Crippling one hms Pakenham, for the loss of the Cigno. It was a rare instance of successful defense of italian convoys as the war turn against the axis