CRDA 60 t motor torpedo boat
The Motosilurante CRDA 60 t was a type of motor torpedo boat built for the Regia Marina during World War II. It was designed on the pattern of German S-boats — some early examples of which were captured by the Italians from Yugoslav Navy — to complement the faster but less seaworthy MAS boats.
MS 473 (ex MS 31, now on display at the Museo Storico Navale) after the 1950s upgrades
Motoscafo armato silurante, alternatively Motoscafo antisommergibili and commonly abbreviated as MAS, was a class of fast torpedo-armed vessels used by the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II. Originally, "MAS" referred to motobarca armata SVAN, Società Veneziana Automobili Navali.
Camouflaged World War II MAS in the Mediterranean Sea
An early MAS, from a magazine article published in January 1917
An Italian sailor manning a quick-firing gun, a 1-pounder (37 mm) Hotchkiss, on a MAS, 1917
The Italian torpedo boat MAS 528 on Lake Ladoga in June 1942, during the Siege of Leningrad