Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Submarine

Italian submarine Lafolè

600-Serie Adua-class submarine

Italian submarine Lafolè
Unknown author — conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/05/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate RIN Lafolè

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Lafolè13 August 1938 — 20 October 1940415 days of the war
600-Serie Adua-class submarine Particulars
Name
Lafolè
Builder
OTO, Muggiano
Laid down
30 June 1937
Launched
10 April 1938
Commissioned
13 August 1938
Fate
Sunk, 20 October 1940 (1940)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
680 long tons (691 t)
Displacement, submerged
844 long tons (858 t)
Length
60.28 m (197.8 ft)
Beam
6.45 m (21.2 ft)
Draught
4.64 m (15.2 ft)
Speed
14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
Range
3,180 nmi (5,889 km)
Complement
44
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Lafolè was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine of the Regia Marina. Her keel was laid at OTO, Muggiano on 30 June 1937. She entered service on 13 August 1938, having been launched on 10 April 1938.

Her class ran to 17 ships. The class followed the Perla-class submarine and was succeeded by the Acciaio-class submarine.

The boat displaced 680 long tons surfaced and 844 long tons submerged. She measured 60.3 m (198 ft) long with a beam of 6.5 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 44.

Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,400 hp.

She was in commission for 415 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 20 October 1940, at 36°00′N 3°00′W. 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
  • Diesel-electric
  • 2 × FIAT diesel engines
  • 2 × Marelli electric motors
Power
  • 1400 hp (diesels)
  • 800 hp (electric motors)
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
  • 2 x 1 – 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
  • 12 × torpedoes

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Italian submarine Lafolè on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/05/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons