Regia Marina — Submarine
Italian submarine Santorre Santarosa
- Displacement
- 925 long tons (940 t)
- Length
- 69.8 m (229 ft)
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Santorre Santarosa? — 20 January 19431,237 days of the war
Bandiera-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Santorre Santarosa
- Builder
- Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano
- Laid down
- 1928
- Launched
- 22 October 1929
- Fate
- Scuttled, 20 January 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 925 long tons (940 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,080 long tons (1,097 t)
- Length
- 69.8 m (229 ft)
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Draught
- 5.26 m (17.3 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Range
- 4,750 nmi (8,797 km)
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Santorre Santarosa was a Bandiera-class submarine of the Regia Marina. Her keel was laid at Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano in 1928. She was launched on 22 October 1929.
Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Pisani-class submarine and was succeeded by the Squalo-class submarine.
The boat displaced 925 long tons surfaced and 1,080 long tons submerged. She measured 69.8 m (229 ft) long with a beam of 7.3 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4.0 in) guns. 3,000 bhp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,237 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 20 January 1943. 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)
- 1300 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 1 × single 102 mm deck gun
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Santorre Santarosa on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.