Italian submarine Argonauta (1931)
- Displacement
- 650 long tons (660 t)
- Length
- 61.5 m (201.8 ft)
- Beam
- 5.7 m (18.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Argonauta? — 28 June 1940301 days of the war
- Name
- Argonauta
- Pennant / hull number
- 1931
- Namesake
- Argonaut
- Builder
- Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone
- Laid down
- 1929
- Launched
- 19 January 1931
- Fate
- Sunk by aircraft, 28 June 1940
By aircraft (1940) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 650 long tons (660 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 800 long tons (813 t)
- Length
- 61.5 m (201.8 ft)
- Beam
- 5.7 m (18.7 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Argonauta was a Argonauta-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1931. She was named for Argonaut. Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone laid her keel in 1929. She was launched on 19 January 1931.
She was one of seven ships of her class. The class followed the Argo-class submarine and was succeeded by the Sirena-class submarine.
The boat displaced 650 long tons surfaced and 800 long tons submerged. She measured 61.5 m (202 ft) long with a beam of 5.7 m (19 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4.0 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,500 bhp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 301 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 28 June 1940 by aircraft. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; diesel-electric
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 1500 bhp (diesels)
- 800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 1 × single 102 mm deck gun
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Argonauta (1931) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.