Italian corvette Baionetta (F578)
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Name: | Baionetta |
Builder: | Breda, Venezia, Italy |
Laid down: | 24 February 1942 |
Launched: | 5 October 1942 |
Commissioned: | 15 May 1943 |
Fate: | Struck in January 1972 |
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Class & type: | Gabbiano-class corvette |
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Length: | 58.8 m (192 ft 11 in) |
Beam: | 8.71 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 2.53 m (8 ft 4 in) |
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Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range: | 3000 nm @ 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement: | 110 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
Sonar and hydrophones |
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Baionetta was a Gabbiano-class corvette of the Regia Marina. She served during World War II.
On 9 September 1943, a day after the Italian armistice, Baionetta transported King Victor Emmanuel III and General Pietro Badoglio, together with their respective entourages and general staff officers, from the small harbour town of Ortona and sailed south escorted by the Italian Capitani Romani-class light cruiser Scipione Africano, arriving in Brindisi the next day.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Rohwer, Jurgen. Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Revised ed. Annapolis, Md.: Us Naval Institute Press, 2005. Print.
- ↑ "A review of the House of Savoy." L'Italo-Americano Weekly Newspaper. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2010. <http://www.italoamericano.com/bit%20of%20history/bit%20of%20history.htm>.