Английская Википедия:Albona-class minelayer

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The Albona class were mine warfare ships used by the Italian Шаблон:Lang (Royal Navy) and Royal Yugoslav Navy (Шаблон:Lang-sh-Latn; KM). Fourteen ships were originally laid down between 1917 and 1918 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy as the MT.130 class. However, the end of World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary left them incomplete until 1920, when three ships were finished for the Шаблон:Lang. These ships were armed with two Шаблон:Convert guns. An additional five ships were completed for the KM in 1931 as the Malinska or Marjan class, and were armed with a single Шаблон:Convert. All of the completed ships could carry 24 to 39 naval mines. The remaining ships were never completed.

The five ships in KM service were captured by Italian forces during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and commissioned in the Regia Marina as the Arbe class, and were re-armed with two 76 mm guns. They were involved in some operations against the Yugoslav Partisans along the Dalmatian coast. Following the Italian surrender in September 1943, the three Albona-class ships were captured by German forces with all three being lost or scuttled later in the war. Of the five former KM ships, one was seized and operated by the Шаблон:Lang (German Navy) until it was lost. Another was captured but transferred to the navy of the German fascist puppet state, the Italian Social Republic, and scuttled by the Germans towards the end of the war. The remaining three were returned to the KM-in-exile at Malta in late 1943 and swept for mines around Malta until transferred to the new Yugoslav Navy (Шаблон:Lang-sh-Latn; JRM) in August 1945.

After the war, the three ships were commissioned into the JRM and their designations were changed several times. In October 1946, two of them were involved in the Corfu Channel incident, an early clash in the developing Cold War, when they laid mines in the Straits of Corfu at the request of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. The undeclared minefield damaged two British destroyers, killing 44 men and injuring another 42. The incident resulted in a case before the International Court of Justice and a fifty-year diplomatic freeze between Albania and the UK, and Yugoslavia never conceded that its ships had laid the mines. The three remaining ships were stricken in 1962 and 1963.

Background

The Austro-Hungarian Navy was relatively slow to acquire specialist mine warfare vessels. It mainly utilised destroyers and torpedo boats for these tasks, but during World War I it ordered several classes of small mine warfare vessels, some of which were completed before the end of the war. A class of larger mine warfare ships was ordered from the Ganz & Danubius shipyard at Porto Re (now Kraljevica).Шаблон:Sfn A total of fourteen ships were laid down between October 1917 and September 1918 as the MT.130 class. They were originally designed as minelayers,Шаблон:Sfn but the navy ordered the first six completed as minesweepers.Шаблон:Sfn All were eventually fitted for minesweeping during construction. By September 1918, only the first three had been launched, and even they had not been fully completed. The end of World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary left the ships in various stages of completion, the shipyard itself now part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929). With the creation of the new kingdom, the Ganz & Danubius shipyard became Шаблон:Lang.Шаблон:Sfn

Description and construction

The ships had a raised forecastle on which a gun was to be mounted.Шаблон:Sfn The Austro-Hungarian design called for a [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss#Austro-Hungarian service|Шаблон:Convert]] L/44 gun,Шаблон:Refn Шаблон:Sfn but the actual guns that were fitted when the ships were completed varied between those completed for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) and those completed later for the Royal Yugoslav Navy (Шаблон:Lang-sh; KM). Aft of the gun on the rear section of the forecastle were arranged the captain's cabin on the starboard side and the pantry on the port side. Between the two was the galley, directly below the enclosed steering bridge, which was topped with an open navigation bridge on which a searchlight was mounted. The foremast with a crow's nest was attached to the forward edge of the navigation bridge. Immediately aft of the bridge was the funnel, which was taller in the original design and on the ships completed for the Regina Marina and shorter on the ships completed for the KM. Aft of the funnel was a wide quarterdeck that reached to the stern where a mine crane was installed. On the ships completed for the KM, a deckhouse for the ship's office was added to the forward section of the quarterdeck and a mainmast was installed in the centre of the quarterdeck. The ships completed for the Regia Marina did not have a deckhouse or mainmast, and a winch was installed in the centre of the quarterdeck. Two ship's boats were secured on davits on either side of the quarterdeck.Шаблон:Sfn

Below deck, the bow contained the drinking water tanks, aft of which were cabins for the petty officers on either side of the anchor chain locker. Immediately aft of the petty officers' cabins were the sailors' bunks, and underneath these the boiler water and fuel tanks were located. A transverse bulkhead between the sailors' accommodation spaces provided support for the gun. The engine room containing the boiler and engines was located under the galley and was covered by a low superstructure with ventilation cowls. The engine room was separated from the hold by a bulkhead that supported the deckhouse on the KM ships. A workshop was located in the stern.Шаблон:Sfn

The ships of the class had a length overall of Шаблон:Convert, a length between perpendiculars of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert as a minesweeper and Шаблон:Convert as a minelayer. At full load they had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert as a minesweeper, and Шаблон:Convert as a minelayer.Шаблон:Sfn They had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines driving one shaft each,Шаблон:Sfn with steam provided by a single oil-fired Yarrow boiler. Their engines were rated at Шаблон:Convert, for a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert,Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn but the ships built for the Regia Marina could only achieve a top speed of Шаблон:Cvt.Шаблон:Sfn The cruising speed was Шаблон:Cvt. Up to Шаблон:Convert of fuel could be carried in the tanks located below the sailor's accommodation. The ships were very maneuverable due to their excellent length-to-beam ratio and the distance between their propellers. The crew consisted of 29 officers and enlisted men.Шаблон:Sfn

As none of the ships were completed before the end of World War I, the planned 47 mm guns were not fitted to any of the ships when built. They were also planned to be fitted with one Шаблон:Convert machine gun mounted aft, andШаблон:Sndwhen completed as minelayersШаблон:Sndto carry 24–39 mines, with the number depending on the types of mines loaded.Шаблон:Sfn The three ships completed for the Regia MarinaШаблон:Sndcomprising the Albona classШаблон:Sndwere armed with two Ansaldo [[Cannon 76/30 Model 1915|Model 1915 Шаблон:Convert L/30 guns]], two 8 mm machine guns,Шаблон:Sfn and could carry 34 mines.Шаблон:Sfn The five ships completed for the KM as the Malinska class were initially armed with a single Škoda [[Škoda 7 cm guns|Шаблон:Convert L/30 gun]]Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sndobtained from former Austro-Hungarian Navy stockШаблон:Sndand two machine guns, and could carry 24 to 39 mines.Шаблон:Sfn The ships completed as minelayers had mine rails fitted to either side of the quarterdeck all the way to the stern.Шаблон:Sfn The KM ships later had their 66 mm guns replaced with the originally planned Škoda 47 mm L/44 guns.Шаблон:Sfn

The first three ships of the class, MT.130–132, were completed by the shipyard for the Regia Marina in 1920 as RD 58–RD 60, and were then converted to minelayers. On 2 July 1921 they were named the Albona class, and were commissioned as Albona, Laurana and Rovigno, respectively.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn Albona was named for Italian towns in Istria, Albona, Laurana, and Rovigno.Шаблон:Sfn Five other ships, MT.133–137, were completed at the shipyard in 1931 for the KMШаблон:Sndas the MalinskaШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn or Marjan classШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sndand were commissioned as Marjan, Mosor, Malinska, Meljine, and Mljet respectively.Шаблон:Sfn Marjan was named for a hill near Split, Mosor for a mountain range near Split, Malinska for the town on the Dalmatian island of Krk, Meljine for the town in the Bay of Kotor, and Mljet for the Dalmatian island of that name.Шаблон:Sfn The hulls of MT.138–MT.143 were 45 per cent finished by October 1918 but were never completed.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn

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Service history

Albona class

The interwar Шаблон:Lang was keen to acquire minelayers, and the Albona class were the first of several classes of mine warfare vessels it obtained.Шаблон:Sfn Italy entered World War II in June 1940, at which time, the three Albona-class ships were allocated to the local naval command of the Шаблон:Lang (Upper Adriatic Sector) based in Venice, commanded by Шаблон:Lang (Division Admiral) Ferdinando di Savoia.Шаблон:Sfn Between June 1940 and the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the main Italian fleet operated in the Mediterranean Sea. The Italians considered the Adriatic Sea their "backyard", and did not consider the KM a dangerous opponent. Despite considerable activity by Allied submarines in the Adriatic after June 1940, the Italians continued to use it for training.Шаблон:Sfn Between 6 June and 10 July 1940, the three Albona-class ships, along with the Шаблон:Sclass Azio and auxiliary minesweeper San Guisto laid 21 defensive minefields in the northern Adriatic, consisting of 769 mines.Шаблон:Sfn While British and Greek submarines operated in the Adriatic during this period of the war, Allied submarines laid few mines there, with the only significant work being undertaken by the Шаблон:Sclass mine-laying submarine Шаблон:HMS off the Italian port of Ancona and the Yugoslav islands of Premuda and Susak in the northern Adriatic in late January 1941.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1941, Laurana was fitted with smoke apparatus to assist in the defence of Venice.Шаблон:Sfn By mid-May of that year, Albona and Rovigno had been transferred to Greek waters.Шаблон:Sfn Following the Italian Armistice in early September 1943, Albona and Rovigno were captured by the Germans at the island of Syros in the Aegean Sea on 10 September. They were renamed Netztender 57 and Netztender 56 respectively, and their armament was improved.Шаблон:Sfn Between 19 July and 4 September 1943, Laurana laid a 70-mine defensive barrage in the Adriatic.Шаблон:Sfn Laurana was captured at Venice on 11 September, and was commissioned by the Germans under her Italian name on 30 September,Шаблон:Sfn although she was still at Venice and not operational on 10 October, and not ready for service as part of the 11th Security Flotilla of the Шаблон:Lang (German Navy) until after 8 November.Шаблон:Sfn She served as a minelayer in the Adriatic with her Italian armament.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn

Netztender 57 and Netztender 56 were scuttled by the Germans at Salonika on 31 October 1944 as they withdrew from the city, and Laurana was sunk at Trieste by British aircraft bombs on 20 February 1945, and was broken up in 1949.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn

a photograph of ships docked alongside each other at a wharf

Mljet and Meljine (left) with the light cruiser Dalmacija (right), photographed in Kotor after being captured by Axis forces.

Malinska class

The Malinska-class ships had a relatively quiet career until 1941, serving as training vessels and minesweepers allocated to the Coast Defence Command.Шаблон:Sfn By 1936, the Malinska class were classified as minelayers.Шаблон:Sfn On 26 January 1939, Malinska, under the command of Шаблон:Lang (lieutenant commander, junior grade) Aleksandar Berić, suffered boiler failure and was blown by the wind towards the coast south of Dubrovnik. The Шаблон:Sclass Sokol, under the command of Шаблон:Lang (Frigate captain) Mirko Pleiweiss, sailed to assist from the Bay of Kotor, and towed her to a secure mooring.Шаблон:Sfn At the start of the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, the five Malinska-class ships were assigned to the Coast Defence Command and spread over three sectors; Malinska in Selce (North Sector), Mosor and Marjan in Šibenik (Central Sector), and Mljet and Meljine in the Bay of Kotor (South Sector).Шаблон:Sfn The ships at Šibenik and the Bay of Kotor were captured in port by the Italians without incident.Шаблон:Sfn

The North Sector was commanded by now-Шаблон:Lang (Captain) Pleiweiss, who was an ethnic Slovene. When the establishment of the fascist Axis puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), was declared on 10 April, Pleiweiss decided to take action against a related revolt by ethnic Croat officers in nearby Crikvenica, with whom he, as a Slovene and loyal Yugoslav naval officer, had no sympathy. During Pleiweiss' action against the Croat officers, Petar Milutin Kvaternik was killed. Kvaternik was the brother of Slavko Kvaternik, a senior member of the ultranationalist Ustaše movement who had announced the establishment of the NDH with German encouragement and support. Given that the Royal Yugoslav Army was retreating, and Selce could not be defended from the advancing Italians, Pleiweiss decided to scuttle seven Yugoslav coastal passenger steamers under his control that were anchored in Klimno Bay on the island of Krk. They sank in only Шаблон:Cvt of water, making them easy for the Italians to salvage later. Pleiweiss boarded Malinska and ordered her, the naval tug Silni and two boats of the Financial Guard south along the coast. By the time Malinska reached the mouth of the Zrmanja river near Zadar, the other boats had dispersed, and due to her shallow draught, Malinska was able to navigate the river as far as Obrovac, where she was scuttled on 13 April. Pleiweiss subsequently escaped to the Italian-annexed Province of Ljubljana where he avoided any consequences for his actions during the Axis invasion. After the war he was celebrated as a Yugoslav war hero.Шаблон:Sfn

Malinska was raised by the Italians and commissioned as Arbe, along with Ugliano (ex-Marjan), Solta (ex-Meljine), Meleda (ex-Mljet) and Pasman (ex-Mosor)Шаблон:Sfn using the Italian names for the islands of Rab, Ugljan, Šolta, Mljet and Pašman.Шаблон:Sfn In Italian service the ships were known as the Arbe class.Шаблон:Sfn The Italians removed the mainmasts from the ships,Шаблон:Sfn removed the 47 mm guns, and installed two Ansaldo Model 15 76 mm L/30 guns as on the Albona class. They also mounted a Breda M37 8 mm heavy machine gun on both of the bridge wings.Шаблон:Sfn They could carry 30 mines.Шаблон:Sfn

On 28 December 1942, the Yugoslav Partisans established their first naval station at Podgora on the Dalmatian coast. From this base, the fledgling Partisan Navy attacked and captured five coastal steamships over the next few days. On 1 January 1943, Ugliano and Pasman, along with the captured Yugoslav torpedo boat T5, a patrol vessel and an armed tug, attacked Podgora from the sea, and an Italian landing party was put ashore. The Italian troops were repelled by the Partisan 4th Dalmatian Brigade. The operation was repeated three days later, with the addition of air support, but a planned second landing was cancelled.Шаблон:Sfn In April 1943, Ugliano and Pasman were under command of Шаблон:Lang (the maritime command of Dalmatia), along with five captured Yugoslav Шаблон:Sclass2s and various smaller vessels.Шаблон:Sfn

Arbe was under repair at Genoa when she was captured by the Germans at the time of the Italian surrender in September 1943, but was not commissioned by them.Шаблон:Sfn Instead, she was transferred to the navy of the German fascist puppet state, the Italian Social Republic in December 1943. She was scuttled during the German retreat from the city on 24 April 1945,Шаблон:Sfn and was salvaged and scrapped after the war. Ugliano, Solta and Meleda escaped to the Allies at the time of the Italian surrender, eventually making their way to Malta.Шаблон:Sfn Solta and Meleda were returned by the Italians to the KM-in-exile on 7 December 1943 and Ugliano was returned on 16 February 1944;Шаблон:Sfn all reverted to their previous names.Шаблон:Sfn They swept mines off Malta in 1944 and 1945 and in August of that year were transferred to the new Yugoslav Navy (Шаблон:Lang-sh; JRM).Шаблон:Sfn

Pasman was captured by the Germans at Šibenik after the Italian surrender but was initially not operational.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn By 8 November 1943 she was almost ready for service as part of the 11th Security Flotilla.Шаблон:Sfn On 20 December she was taken over by the crew of the German landing ship SF 193 which had been sunk by British motor torpedo boats near Murter Island on 18 December.Шаблон:Sfn In German service Pasman had a crew of 26 German and 4 Croatian sailors.Шаблон:Sfn It was intended to hand Pasman over to the Navy of the NDH, and on 29 December she sailed for Pula via Zadar for further repairs, towed by the coastal steamer Guido Brunner due to poor weather. As the weather improved, Pasman continued alone and left Zadar at 17:00 on 31 December. Due to reduced visibility in the sea mist, Pasman stranded in a bay on the island of Ist not long after leaving Zadar. Her crew were unable to free her, and on 5 January 1944 the crew of the Partisan armed ship NB 3 Jadran captured the German and Croat crew. The Germans planned to rescue the crew with an operation involving 50–60 troops transported and supported by the Шаблон:Lang (foreign torpedo boat) TA 22Шаблон:Sndthe former Italian Шаблон:Sclass Guiseppe MissoriШаблон:Sndand two other ships, Medea and Scarpanto. This operation was postponed to 9 January due to poor weather, and when the Germans finally landed on Ist they could not locate PasmanШаблон:'s crew, but took 54 male residents of the island to Pula as hostages.Шаблон:Sfn Pasman remained on Ist and was stricken on 13 January,Шаблон:Sfn and her wreck was scrapped in situ in 1954.Шаблон:Sfn

Post-war service

After the war, Marjan, Meljine and Mljet were commissioned in the JRM as M1, M2 and M3 respectively. They were later redesignated M201 then M31 (ex-M1), M202 then M32 (ex-M2) and M203 then M33 (ex-M3).Шаблон:Sfn All three ships were re-armed with two [[Breda 20/65 mod.35|Breda Шаблон:Cvt L65 anti-aircraft guns]], equipped with MDL-2 mechanical minesweeping gear, and could carry up to 24 SAG-2 mines. Their crew increased to 30.Шаблон:Sfn Post-war, the engines of ships of the class could only generate Шаблон:Cvt, for a maximum speed of Шаблон:Cvt and a cruising speed of Шаблон:Cvt. Their range was Шаблон:Cvt at 8.5 kn and Шаблон:Cvt at 7 kn. Up to Шаблон:Cvt of oil and Шаблон:Cvt of boiler water was carried.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn

In 1946, M2 and M3 were involved in an early international incident of the Cold War when they laid mines in the Straits of Corfu at the request of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. On 22 October of that year, a British destroyer flotilla entered the undeclared minefield and the Шаблон:Sclass2 Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:Sclass2 Шаблон:HMS were seriously damaged.Шаблон:Sfn Forty-four officers and men were killed or missing, and forty-two were injured. Saumarez was damaged beyond repair, but Volage was eventually brought back into service as an anti-submarine frigate. The incident resulted in a case before the International Court of Justice which found against Albania, and a diplomatic freeze between the UK and Albania that was only finally resolved in 1996.Шаблон:Sfn The Yugoslav government never admitted that M2 and M3 had laid the mines.Шаблон:Sfn

M33 was stricken in 1962. M31 was stricken in 1963 and sold to the Maritime High School in Split, where it served as the training ship Juraj Carić until 1972. M32 was also stricken in 1963 and it was sold to the Vela Luka municipal council on the island of Korčula.Шаблон:Sfn

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