Adua-class submarine
 Adua | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Adua class |
| Builders: |
Odero Terni Orlando (OTO), Muggiano Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico (CRDA), Monfalcone Tosi, Taranto |
| Operators: |
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| Preceded by: | Perla class |
| Succeeded by: | Acciaio class |
| In commission: | 1937–1948 |
| Completed: | 17 |
| Lost: | 16 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 698 long tons (709 t) surfaced 866 long tons (880 t) submerged |
| Length: | 60.28 m (197 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 4.64 m (15 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 diesel engines, 2 electric motors |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 3,180 nmi (5,890 km) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h) surfaced |
| Test depth: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement: | 46 |
| Armament: | 1 × 100 mm (4 in)/47 calibre deck gun 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft) 12 × torpedoes |
The Italian Adua-class submarine was the fourth subclass of the 600 Series of coastal submarines of the Regia Marina that served during World War II.
There were 17 submarines in this class, almost all named after places in Ethiopia which had been an Italian colony since 1936, but only one, Alagi, survived through World War II.
Three submarines of this class (Gondar, Ascianghi, and Neghelli) were sold to Brazil and replaced with submarines of the same names.
Ships
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adua | CRDA | 13.9.1936 | sunk on 30 September 1941, by destroyers HMS Gurkha and HMS Legion, Western Mediterranean sea |
| Alagi | CRDA | 15.11.1936 | sold for scrap on 1 February 1948 |
| Aradam | CRDA | 18.10.1936 | sunk on 4 September 1944 in Genoa by Allied bombers |
| Ascianghi | OTO | 5.12.1937 | scuttled near Augusta, Sicily on 23 July 1943, after attack of destroyers HMS Laforey and HMS Eclipse |
| Axum | CRDA | 27.9.1936 | scuttled near Morea on 28 December 1943, during a mission for the Allies |
| Beilul | OTO | 22.5.1938 | sunk by Allied air attack, May 1944 |
| Dagabur | Tosi | 22.11.1936 | sunk during Operation Pedestal by the British destroyer HMS Wolverine |
| Dessiè | Tosi | 22.11.1936 | sunk on 28 November 1942 by destroyers HMS Quiberon and HMS Quentin, near Bona, Algeria. |
| Durbo | OTO | 6.3.1938 | scuttled on 18 October 1940 east of Gibraltar after attack by destroyers HMS Firedrake and HMS Wrestler |
| Gondar | OTO | 3.10.1937 | scuttled on 30 September 1940, near Alexandria, after attack by destroyers HMAS Stuart and HMS Diamond |
| Lafolè | OTO | 10.4.1938 | sunk on 20 October 1940, north of Melilla by destroyers HMS Gallant, HMS Hotspur and HMS Griffin |
| Macallé | OTO | 29.10.1936 | assigned to the Red Sea Flotilla and ran aground on 15 June 1940 when the crew was disabled by central nervous system poisoning from a chloromethane leak in the ship's air conditioning system.[1] |
| Neghelli | OTO | 7.11.1937 | sunk on 19 January 1941 by destroyer HMS Greyhound |
| Scirè | OTO | 6.1.1938 | sunk on 10 August 1942 off Haifa by HMS Islay |
| Tembien | OTO | 6.2.1938 | sunk on 2 August 1941, west of Malta, by HMS Hermione |
| Uarsciek | Tosi | 19.9.1937 | sunk on 14 December 1942, south of Malta, by HMS Petard and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga |
| Uebi Scebeli | Tosi | 3.10.1937 | sunk on 29 June 1940 by HMS Dainty and HMS Ilex |
See also
References
- ↑ "THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ITALIAN FLEET ON RED SEA JUNE 1940 - APRIL 1941". Arnaldo Borsa. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
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