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    with them by some. Italian MTBs of this period were known as Motoscafo Armato Silurante ("MAS boats", torpedo-armed motorboats). French MTBs were known...
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    Motoscafo armato silurante (torpedo-armed motorboat), alternatively Motoscafo antisommergibili (anti-submarine motorboat) and commonly abbreviated as...
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    (18 in) torpedoes, the MTS being more manoeuvrable than the usual Motoscafo armato silurante. The first MTS, of early 1941, could reach 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)...
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    was attacked by Italian submarines, aircraft and MAS boats (Motoscafo armato silurante, motor torpedo boats). Port Chalmers carried 250 members of the...
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    suffered by Decima MAS in the war. Many of the two MAS-boat (Motoscafo armato silurante, torpedo-armed motorboat) crews and surviving Decima MAS men were...
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    Italian Motoscafo Armato Silurante (MAS) boat...
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    request, the Regia Marina deployed four 24-ton torpedo motorboats (Motoscafo Armato Silurante, MAS), six CB-class midget submarines, five torpedo motorboats...
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    (18 in) torpedoes, the MTS being more manoeuvrable than the usual Motoscafo armato silurante. The first MTS, of early 1941, could reach 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)...
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    defence torpedo boats and a squadron of five first world war Motoscafo Armato Silurante (MAS, motor torpedo boats). The Flotilla had eight modern submarines...
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    at Tripoli. Air cover, air reconnaissance and defensive MAS (Motoscafo armato silurante [torpedo-armed motorboat]) ambushes were planned to safeguard...
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    had seven destroyers in two squadrons, a squadron of five MAS (Motoscafo Armato Silurante motor torpedo boats) and eight submarines in two squadrons. The...
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    May, the German KT 22, some Axis torpedo boats and MAS boats (Motoscafo armato silurante) were the only vessels to run the blockade. By the Axis surrender...
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  • instead to conduct a "little war" using fast torpedo motorboats, Motoscafo armato silurante or MAS. A successful attack by MAS torpedo boats on the Austrian...
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    of Submarine Secret Weapons, he also designed and updated the Motoscafo Armato Silurante (MAS), motorboats of between 20 and 30 tons displacement, with...
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    auxiliary cruiser Ramb III, and four MAS motor torpedo boats (Motoscafo armato silurante, torpedo-armed motorboat). After diverting from the Mediterranean...
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  • graduating, he worked with Bordoni in 1919 on the development of the Motoscafo Armato Silurante, a MAS-boot (torpedo boat). In 1923, together with Carlo Gianini...
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  • Navy as MAS 1 D and MAS 2 D respectively, with MAS standing for Motoscafo Armato Silurante ('Torpedo Armed Motorboat') and the prefix D denoting they were...
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    single torpedo. Oribi took the damaged freighter in tow. Italian Motoscafo armato silurante (MAS torpedo boats) deployed through the Strait of Messina, but...
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    Navy), receiving designations MAS 3–8 D, with "MAS" standing for Motoscafo Armato Silurante (Torpedo Armed Motorboat) and the prefix D denoting they were...
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