Azio-class minelayer
Minelayer Lepanto at Yokohama on 18 April 1938 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Azio-class minelayer |
| Builders | Cantiere Navale Triestino |
| Operators | |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 62.5 m (205 ft) |
| Beam | 8.7 m (29 ft) |
| Height | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
| Draft | 2.6 m (8.5 ft) - 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
| Installed power | 1,500 shp (1,100 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Crew | 5 officers and 66 ratings |
| Armament |
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The Azio-class minelayer was a class of six minelayers conceived in 1920 and built between 1924 and 1927 in Italy for the Regia Marina. The ships were conceived for colonial purposes and in this role they spent almost the whole Italian career. Some units were sold to the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela where they served until their decommissioning and scrapping in the early 1950s.