Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Submarine 1927

Italian submarine Balilla (1927)

Balilla-class submarine

Displacement
1,427 long tons (1,450 t)
Length
86.5 m (283.8 ft)
Beam
7.8 m (25.6 ft)
Speed
17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
Complement
77
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Balilla? — 28 April 1941605 days of the war
Balilla-class submarine Particulars
Name
Balilla
Pennant / hull number
1927
Builder
Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano
Laid down
12 January 1925
Launched
2 February 1927
Decommissioned
28 April 1941
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,427 long tons (1,450 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,874 long tons (1,904 t)
Length
86.5 m (283.8 ft)
Beam
7.8 m (25.6 ft)
Draught
4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed
17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
Range
12,000 nmi (22,224 km)
Complement
77
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

Balilla was a Balilla-class submarine of the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1927. Her keel was laid at Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano on 12 January 1925. She was launched on 2 February 1927.

Her class ran to four ships. The Italian submarine Ettore Fieramosca followed.

The boat displaced 1,427 long tons surfaced and 1,874 long tons submerged. She measured 86.5 m (284 ft) long with a beam of 7.8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 77.

Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. 4,900 bhp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 605 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 April 1941.

She was broken up for scrap.

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
  • 4900 bhp (diesels)
  • 2200 hp (electric motors)
Armament
  • 1 × single 120 mm deck gun
  • 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)

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