Giuseppe Cesare Abba as a minesweeper. The photo is dated 1 July 1953, but she already bears the pennant number M5330 given to her in 1954.
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History | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Giuseppe Cesare Abba |
Namesake | Giuseppe Cesare Abba (1838–1910), Italian patriot |
Builder | Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente, Kingdom of Italy |
Laid down | 19 August 1913 |
Launched | 25 May 1915 |
Commissioned | 6 July 1915 |
Reclassified | Torpedo boat 1 October 1929 |
Identification | Pennant number AB |
Fate | To Italian Republic 1946 |
Italian Republic | |
Reclassified | Coastal minesweeper 1954 |
Identification |
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Stricken | 1 September 1958 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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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 (11,931 kW) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
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Giuseppe Cesare Abba was an Italian Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1915, she served in World War I, playing an active role in the Adriatic campaign. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she participated in the Mediterranean and Adriatic campaigns of World War II. In 1943, she switched to the Allied side, operating as part of the Italian Co-belligerent Navy for the remainder of the war. She served in the postwar Italian Navy (Marina Miltare) and was reclassified as a minesweeper in 1954. She was stricken in 1958.