Motosilurante CRDA 60 t Series I - Italian MS Boat (1/300)

The MS Boat, or more formally the CRDA 60 t motor torpedo boat, was an Italian development based on the German S-Boat.

Early on in the war the Italians managed to capture some Yugoslavian S-Boats that they had bought from Germany before the outbreak of hostilities. When it became clear that their own MAS 500 torpedo boats were not very suited to longer ranged missions (due to a lack of seaworthiness), the MS Boat was developed.

It was a very successful design. Two MS Boats - MS 16 and MS