Global InformationYugoslav torpedo boat T1 information
 One of T1's sister ships, T3
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| History | |
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 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 |
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| Length | 57.84 m (189 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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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.