Italian submarine Evangelista Torricelli (1934)
- Displacement
- 970 long tons (986 t)
- Length
- 70.5 m (231.3 ft)
- Beam
- 6.87 m (22.5 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as Evangelista Torricelli? — April 1937
- as General MolaApril 1937 — 19592,193 days of the war
- Name
- Evangelista Torricelli
- Pennant / hull number
- 1934
- Namesake
- Evangelista Torricelli
- Builder
- Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
- Launched
- 27 May 1934
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1959 (1959)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 970 long tons (986 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,239 long tons (1,259 t)
- Length
- 70.5 m (231.3 ft)
- Beam
- 6.87 m (22.5 ft)
- Draught
- 4.12 m (13.5 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Range
- 10,300 nmi (19,076 km)
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Evangelista Torricelli was a Archimede-class submarine, operated by the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1934. She was named for Evangelista Torricelli. She was built by Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto. She was launched on 27 May 1934.
Her class ran to four ships.
The boat displaced 970 long tons surfaced and 1,239 long tons submerged. She measured 70.5 m (231 ft) long with a beam of 6.9 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots.
Her main battery was two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns. Her machinery developed 3,000 bhp through two shafts.
She served with the Regia Marina as Evangelista Torricelli until April 1937. She then passed to the Spanish Navy, serving as General Mola from April 1937. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1959.
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
- 3000 bhp (diesels)
- 1100 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 2 × single 100 mm deck guns
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Evangelista Torricelli (1934) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.