Italian torpedo boat Pegaso (1936)

	Torpedo boat Pegaso
History
Italy
Name	Pegaso
Namesake	Constellation Pegasus
Builder	Bacini & Scali Napoletani, Naples
Laid down	27 April 1936
Launched	8 December 1936
Commissioned	31 March 1938
Identification	PG
Fate	Scuttled on 11 September 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Orsa-class torpedo boat
Displacement	840 t (830 long tons) standard; 1,016 t (1,000 long tons) normal load; 1,600 t (1,575 long tons) full load;
Length	82.5 m (270 ft 8 in) p/p; 89.3 m (293 ft 0 in) o/a;
Beam	9.69 m (31 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in); 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) full load;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Tosi geared steam turbines; 2 three-drum boilers; 16,000 hp (11,900 kW);
Speed	28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Range	5,100 nmi (9,400 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Capacity	530 t of oil
Complement	6 officers, 148 NCOs and sailors
Sensors and ; processing systems	hydrophone
Armament	As built:; 2 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns; 6 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns (3 twin mounts); 2 x 8mm machine guns (single mounts) ; 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charge launchers; equipment for transporting and laying 20 mines;
Notes	data taken from , Marina Militare and Trentoincina

Pegaso was a torpedo boat and an escort aviso of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was one of the most successful Axis anti-submarine warships of World War II.

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