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Sunday 24 September 2017

The Albanian navy according to an American intelligence report dated 24 June 1949

An item reported that the personnel strength of the Albanian navy numbered around 600 men. The fleet consisted of the minesweepers Nos. 16 and 18 and 5 torpedo boats at Durrës, 1 torpedo boat at Sarandë and another 3 at the Island of Saseno. The minesweeper No. 18 was armed with 1 double barrelled model Breda machinegun, a speed of 6 knots, a crew numbering 12 men (included a warrant officer) and measured 20 tons. The torpedo boats at Durrës were described as being of different types, with a length of 12 metres, a speed of 13 knots and armed with 1 machinegun.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document numberCIA-RDP82-00457R002900260004-2.