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(fourth part)

MAUMUSSON, Smith's Dock no. 769, 1905, 249 grt, owner O. Dahl, La Rochelle, 20.5.1915 reqn Marine Nationale, 25.5.1915 to the Regia Marina as the vedette/tug MONSONE (i), in service 1.7.1915, sunk 23. or 25.2.1916 off Durazzo on a mine laid by UC 12 when still on loan (so the boat is included in the loss lists of both the RM and the MN)

PELICAN II, Mackie & Thomson no.394, 1910, 264 grt, owner A. Brière, La Rochelle, reqn MN 28.7.1915 (?), to the Regia Marina 25.5.1915 or 2.1916 as the vedette/tug PELLICANO then PELLICANO II (10.8.1916), on 1.4.1917 renamed GORGO, 12.4.1917 sold to Italy , in 1921 renamed GENERALE ARIMONDI, stricken 25.9.1934

PETREL, J. Duthie Torry no. 370, 1912, 265 grt, owner S.té des Pecheries Maritimes "Les Damiers", Nantes, reqn MN at Le Havre, 15.5.1915, 1.7.1915 in service Regia Marina as the vedette/tug FALCO then FALCO II (3.1.1917) then ABISSO (31.1.1917). 25.1.1917 derequisitioned by the MN and sold to Italy. On 21.7.1921 renamed RICCARDO GRAZIOLI LANTE as a lighthouse vessel, sunk 24.8.1941 by air attack off Marsa el Awegia, Lybia

THAIS, J. Duthie Torry no. 351, 1911, 242 grt, owner G. Chauvet, La Rochelle, reqn MN 18.5.1915, in temporary Regia Marina service 1.7.1915 as the vedette/tug RONDINE [Taide is not a very handsome word in Italy, thanks to Dante...], 14.4.1917 or 12.5.1917 derequisitioned by the MN and sold to Italy. Stricken 15.7.1923 and sold as a fishing vessel: RONDINE then GIOVANNA then TAURINIA then AXUM, sunk at Bardia (Lybia) by air attack 6.7.1940

Finally, there is a small French harbour tug named EXPRESS N°1 of 1892, 84 t displacement, acquired by the RM on 1.3.1916, in service as OGLIASTRA 22.3.1916 and stricken 10.5.1920, of which I lack any other information.