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

Italian submarine Alagi

600-Serie Adua-class submarine

Italian submarine Alagi
Unknown author — www.betasom.it — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate RIN Alagi launch at Monfalcone

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Alagi6 March 1937 — 23 May 19472,193 days of the war
600-Serie Adua-class submarine Particulars
Name
Alagi
Namesake
Amba Alagi
Builder
CRDA, Monfalcone
Laid down
19 March 1936
Launched
15 November 1936
Commissioned
6 March 1937
Struck
23 May 1947
Fate
Sold for scrap, 1 February 1948 (1948)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
680 long tons (691 t)
Displacement, submerged
844 long tons (858 t)
Length
60.18 m (197.4 ft)
Beam
6.45 m (21.2 ft)
Draught
4.6 m (15.1 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)

Alagi was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. She was named for Amba Alagi. CRDA, Monfalcone laid her keel on 19 March 1936. She entered service on 6 March 1937, having been launched on 15 November 1936.

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 60.2 m (197 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.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 23 May 1947.

She was broken up for scrap on 1 February 1948.

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 CRDA diesel engines
  • 2 CRDA electric engines
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
  • 2 x 1 - 13.2mm Breda machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
  • 12 × torpedoes

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