Azio-class minelayer

	Minelayer Lepanto at Yokohama on 18 April 1938
Class overview
Name	Azio-class minelayer
Builders	Cantiere Navale Triestino
Operators	Italian Navy; Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela; Imperial Japanese Navy; Republic of China Navy;
Planned	6
Completed	6
Lost	1
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	708 - 718 tons (normal); 954 tons (full load);
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	2 × Thornycroft tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines; 2 × shafts;
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	2 × 102/35mm (or 102/45mm) Terni (or Ansaldo Schneider) mod. 1914; 1 × 76/40 mm Ansaldo mod. 1917; 40 mines;

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.

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