Italian submarine Acciaio
Service
- as Acciaio30 October 1941 — 13 July 1943623 days of the war
- Name
- Acciaio
- Builder
- OTO
- Laid down
- 21 November 1940
- Launched
- 22 January 1941
- Commissioned
- 30 October 1941
- Fate
- Sunk, 13 July 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 686 long tons (697 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 837 long tons (850 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.44 m (21.1 ft)
- Draught
- 4.78 m (15.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Acciaio was a Acciaio-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. OTO laid her keel on 21 November 1940. Launched on 22 January 1941, she entered service on 30 October 1941.
She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Adua-class submarine and was succeeded by the end of 600 series.
The boat displaced 686 long tons surfaced and 837 long tons submerged. She measured 60.2 m (197 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 623 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 13 July 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
- Diesel-electric
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 1400 bhp (diesels)
- 800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
- 1 or 2 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Acciaio on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Anonymous Unknown author — http://www.regiamarina.net/subs/submarines/acciaio/acciaio_it.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons