Regia Marina — Submarine class
Perla-class submarine
Perla class
The class in numbers
- 10 Completed
- 6 Lost
- 4 Scrapped
Design and service
- Type
- Submarine
- Navy
- Regia Marina
- Built
- 1935–36
- In commission
- 1936–1947
- Preceded by
- Sirena-class submarine
- Succeeded by
- Adua-class submarine
- Builders
- OTO, Muggiano
- CRDA, Monfalcone
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, surfaced
- 684 long tons (695 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 841 long tons (854 t)
- Length
- 60.05 m (197 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 45
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
- 1 or 2 × twin 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian submarine Ambra | 1936 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Italian submarine Berillo | 1936 | Scuttled 1940 | |
| Italian submarine Corallo | 1936 | Sunk 1942 | |
| Italian submarine Diaspro | 1936 | Disposed 1948 | |
| Italian submarine Gemma | 1936 | Sunk 1940 | |
| Italian submarine Iride | 1936 | Sunk 1940 | |
| Italian submarine Malachite | 1936 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Italian submarine Onice | 1936 | Disposed 1948 | |
| Italian submarine Perla | 1936 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| Italian submarine Turchese | 1936 | Disposed 1948 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Perla-class submarine on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.