Yugoslav torpedo boat T2

T2

One of T2's sister ships, T3
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	77 T then 77
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Laid down	24 August 1913
Launched	30 January 1914
Commissioned	11 August 1914
Out of service	1918
Fate	Assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Name	T2
Acquired	March 1921
Commissioned	1923
Out of service	1939
Fate	Scrapped
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 10–12 naval mines

T2 was a seagoing torpedo boat operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy between 1923 and 1939. Originally 77 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, patrol, escort, minesweeping and minelaying 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 77. Present in the Bocche di Cattaro during the short-lived mutiny by Austro-Hungarian sailors in early February 1918, members of her crew raised the red flag but undertook no other mutinous actions. 77 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 in 1918, 77 was allocated to the Navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which later became the Royal Yugoslav Navy, and was renamed T2 and had her armament upgraded. 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, the navy was involved in training exercises and cruises to friendly ports, but activity was limited by reduced naval budgets. Worn out after twenty-five years of service, T2 was stricken from the naval register and scrapped in 1939.