Italian submarine Ascianghi
Service
- as Ascianghi25 March 1938 — 23 July 19431,421 days of the war
- Name
- Ascianghi
- Namesake
- Lake Ashenge
- Builder
- OTO
- Laid down
- 20 January 1937
- Launched
- 5 December 1937
- Commissioned
- 25 March 1938
- Fate
- Sunk, 23 July 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
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
- 4.7 m (15.4 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)
Ascianghi was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine built for the Regia Marina. She was named for Lake Ashenge. OTO laid her keel on 20 January 1937. Launched on 5 December 1937, she entered service on 25 March 1938.
17 ships of the class were built. 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. Her machinery developed 1,200 bhp.
She was in commission for 1,421 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 July 1943, at 33°57′N 35°04′E. 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
- 1200 bhp (diesels)
- 800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
- 2 × 1 – 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
- Italian submarine Adua
- Italian submarine Alagi
- Italian submarine Aradam
- Italian submarine Axum
- Italian submarine Beilul
- Italian submarine Dagabur
- Italian submarine Dessiè
- Italian submarine Durbo
- Italian submarine Gondar
- Italian submarine Lafolè
- Italian submarine Macallé
- Italian submarine Neghelli
- Italian submarine Scirè (1938)
- Italian submarine Tembien
- Italian submarine Uarsciek
- Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Ascianghi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://peppetringali.myblog.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/302147/2015/07/R-SMG-ASCIANGHI.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons