Yugoslav torpedo boat T1

T1

One of T1's sister ships, T3
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	76 T then 76
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Laid down	24 June 1913
Launched	15 December 1913
Commissioned	23 August 1914
Out of service	1918
Fate	Assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Name	T1
Acquired	March 1921
Out of service	April 1941
Fate	Captured by Italy
Italy
Name	T1
Acquired	April 1941
Out of service	September 1943
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Name	T1
Acquired	December 1943
Fate	Transferred to Yugoslav Navy post-war
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Name	Golešnica
Acquired	post-World War II
Stricken	1955
Fate	Sunk as a target
General characteristics
Class and type	250t-class, T-group sea-going torpedo boat
Displacement	262 t (258 long tons) 267.3 t (263 long tons) (full load)
Length	57.84 m (189 ft 9 in)
Beam	5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
Draught	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Installed power	5,000–5,700 shp (3,700–4,300 kW) 2 × Yarrow water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	41 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × Škoda 66 mm (2.6 in) L/30 guns 4 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun 10–12 naval mines

T1 was a seagoing torpedo boat that was operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy between 1921 and 1941. Originally 76 T, a 250t-class torpedo boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built in 1914, she was armed with two 66 mm (2.6 in) guns and four 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes, and could carry 10–12 naval mines. She saw active service during World War I, performing convoy, escort and minesweeping tasks, anti-submarine operations and shore bombardment missions. In 1917 the suffixes of all Austro-Hungarian torpedo boats were removed, and thereafter she was referred to as 76. She was part of the escort force for the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent István during the action that resulted in the sinking of that ship by Italian torpedo boats in June 1918.

Following Austria-Hungary's defeat later that year, 76 was allocated to the Navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which became the Royal Yugoslav Navy, and was renamed T1. At the time, she and seven other 250t-class boats were the only modern sea-going vessels of the fledgling maritime force. During the interwar period, T1 and the rest of the navy were involved in training exercises, but activity was limited by reduced naval budgets. The boat was captured by the Italians during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. After her main armament was modernised, she served with the Royal Italian Navy under her Yugoslav designation. Having escaped capture by German forces following the Italian capitulation in September 1943, she was returned to the Royal Yugoslav Navy-in-exile. She was commissioned by the Yugoslav Navy after World War II, and after a refit which included replacement of her armament, she served as Golešnica until 1955. She was sunk as a target in Žanjica Bay near the western entrance to the Bay of Kotor, and is now a recreational dive site.