Profile drawing of TA21
780 tDisplacement
73,0 mLength
24,0 knSpeed
06.07.1914 (08.11.1943 in German services)Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

The old Italian torpedo boat Insidioso was captured on 10. 09.1943 in Pola. Renamed to TA21 (Wildfang), it was recommissioned on 08.11.43 and used for escort duty in the Adriatic Sea as part of the 11th Escort flotilla. Being damaged by an air attack on 09.08.1944, it was decommissioned and sunk on 05.11.1944 after a hit by an air launched torpedo. The wreck was broken down in 1947.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
780 t
Length
73,0 m
Beam
7,32 m
Draft
2,78 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 10,2 cm
Additional guns
9 x 2 cm
Additional guns
2 x 1,3 cm

Performance

Machinery and speed
16000 shp, 24,0 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
C. u. T.T. Pattison Napoli-S. Giovanni, 1912
Launched
30.09.1913
Commissioned
06.07.1914 (08.11.1943 in German services)
Fate
sunk 05.11.1944