Italian corvette Baionetta (F578)

History
Italy
Name:	Baionetta
Builder:	Breda, Venezia, Italy
Laid down:	24 February 1942
Launched:	5 October 1942
Commissioned:	15 May 1943
Fate:	Struck in January 1972
General characteristics
Class & type:	Gabbiano-class corvette
Displacement:	660 long tons (670 t) standard 728 long tons (740 t) full load
Length:	58.8 m (192 ft 11 in)
Beam:	8.71 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draught:	2.53 m (8 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft Diesel 3,500 bhp (2,600 kW)
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range:	3000 nm @ 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	110
Sensors and processing systems:	Sonar and hydrophones
Armament:	1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) 7 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 10 × depth charge throwers

Baionetta was a Gabbiano-class corvette of the Regia Marina. She served during World War II.

On 9 September 1943, a day after the Italian armistice, Baionetta transported King Victor Emmanuel III and General Pietro Badoglio, together with their respective entourages and general staff officers, from the small harbour town of Ortona and sailed south escorted by the Italian Capitani Romani-class light cruiser Scipione Africano, arriving in Brindisi the next day.^[1][2]

References

1. Rohwer, Jurgen. Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Revised ed. Annapolis, Md.: Us Naval Institute Press, 2005. Print.
2. "A review of the House of Savoy." L'Italo-Americano Weekly Newspaper. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2010. <http://www.italoamericano.com/bit%20of%20history/bit%20of%20history.htm>.

External links

• Baionetta underway.