Italian submarine Galileo Ferraris (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 Galileo Ferraris31 January 1935 — 25 October 1941785 days of the war
- Name
- Galileo Ferraris
- Pennant / hull number
- 1934
- Namesake
- Galileo Ferraris
- Builder
- Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
- Laid down
- 15 October 1931
- Launched
- 11 August 1934
- Commissioned
- 31 January 1935
- Fate
- Sunk 25 October 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
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)
Galileo Ferraris was a Archimede-class submarine built for the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1934. She was named for Galileo Ferraris. Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto laid her keel on 15 October 1931. She entered service on 31 January 1935, having been launched on 11 August 1934.
She was one of four ships of her class.
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 was in commission for 785 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 25 October 1941. 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
- 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 Galileo Ferraris (1934) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.