Allied Warships

Torpedo boats


The torpedo boat FR La Melpoméne of the La Melpomène class.

All Torpedo boats classes. The list is divided by navy, then ordered by number of ships of that class.


Brazilian Navy

 Para (6)

French Navy

 La Melpoméne (13)

Royal Dutch Navy

 Z 5 (4)
 G 13 (3)
 Z 1 (1)

Italian Navy

 Spica (7)
 Animoso (5)
 Giuseppe Cesare Abba (3)
 Giuseppe La Masa (3)
 Giuseppe Sirtori (2)
 Orsa (2)
 Ariete (1)
 Curtatone (1)

Polish Navy

 Mazur (1)

Royal Hellenic Navy

 Kidonia (5)
 Alcyon (4)
 Niki (2)
 Thyella (2)


Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), that is not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Torpedo boats


 DateVesselClass

1940

14 May 1940HNMS G 16G 13 
14 May 1940HNMS Z 3Z 1 
14 Dec 1940FR BranlebasLa Melpomène 

1941

4 Apr 1941RHS ProussaKidoniai 
21 Apr 1941RHS ThyellaThyella 
23 Apr 1941RHS DorisAlcyon 
23 Apr 1941RHS KiosKidonia 
24 Apr 1941RHS AigliAlcyon 
24 Apr 1941RHS AlkyoniAlcyon 
24 Apr 1941RHS ArethousaAlcyon 
25 Apr 1941RHS KyzikosKidonia 
25 Apr 1941RHS PergamosKidonia 
26 Apr 1941RHS KidoniaKidonia 

1943

24 Sep 1943IT Francesco StoccoGiuseppe Sirtori 
25 Sep 1943IT Giuseppe SirtoriGiuseppe Sirtori 
27 Sep 1943IT Enrico CosenzGiuseppe La Masa 

16 Torpedo boats lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

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Books dealing with this subject include:

The Devices of War, Kemp, Norman, 1956
Titanic and Other Ships, Lightoller, Charles Herbert, 1935
Torpedo Run, Reeman, Douglas, 1981



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