| Career (Italy) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Berillo |
| Builder: | CRDA, Monfalcone |
| Launched: | 14 June 1936 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 2 October 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Perla-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 680 long tons (691 t) surfaced 844 long tons (858 t) submerged |
| Length: | 60.18 m (197 ft 5.3 in) |
| Beam: | 6.45 m (21 ft 1.9 in) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5.0 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts 2 Diesel engines, 1,400 hp (1,000 kW) 2 Electric motors, 800 hp (600 kW) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 74 nmi (137 km; 85 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 70–80 m (230–260 ft) |
| Complement: | 45 |
| Armament: | 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) gun 4 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns 12 torpedoes |
The Italian submarine Berillo were a Perla-class submarine built for the Italian Navy in the 1930s. The boat was scuttled by her own crew after having been surprised on the surface by two British destroyers in October 1940.