| Italian submarine Comandante Faà di Bruno | |
|---|---|
| Career |  Regia Marina |
| Name: | Comandante Faà di Bruno |
| Namesake: | Emilio Faà di Bruno |
| Launched: | 18 June 1939 |
| Fate: | Sunk, November 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Marcello-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
1,060 long tons (1,080 t) surfaced 1,313 long tons (1,334 t) submerged |
| Length: | 73 m (239 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 7.19 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power: |
3,600 bhp (2,700 kW) (diesels) |
| Propulsion: |
Diesel-electric 2 × Fiat diesel engines 2 × CRDA electric motors |
| Speed: |
17.4 knots (32.2 km/h; 20.0 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 19.47 knots (36.06 km/h; 22.41 mph) surfaced 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9 mph) submerged 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 100 m (328.1 ft) |
| Complement: | 58 |
| Armament: |
8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern) 2 × 100 mm (3.9 in)/47 guns 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns |
Comandante Faà di Bruno, also referred to by its shortened name Faà di Bruno, was an Marcello-class submarine built for the Italian Royal Navy (Italian language: Regia Marina ) and was active during World War II. It was sunk in November 1940 by a combined effort from the destroyers HMCS Ottawa of the Royal Canadian Navy, and HMS Harvester, of the Royal Navy after attacking a convoy they were defending.
References[]
- Bagnasco, E :Submarines of World War Two (1977) ISBN 0 85368 331 X
- Conway : Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 (1980) ISBN 0 85177 146 7
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