Italian submarine Dessiè
- Displacement
- 680 long tons (691 t)
- Length
- 60.28 m (197.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- 14 April 1937 — 28 November 19421,184 days of the war
- Name
- Dessiè
- Namesake
- Dessie
- Builder
- Tosi, Taranto
- Laid down
- 20 April 1936
- Launched
- 22 November 1936
- Commissioned
- 14 April 1937
- Fate
- Sunk, 28 November 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 680 long tons (691 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 844 long tons (858 t)
- Length
- 60.28 m (197.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.64 m (15.2 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)
Dessiè was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. She was named for Dessie. Her keel was laid at Tosi, Taranto on 20 April 1936. Launched on 22 November 1936, she entered service on 14 April 1937.
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 60.3 m (198 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 1,400 hp.
She was in commission for 1,184 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 28 November 1942, at 37°48′N 2°14′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 × Tosi diesel engines
- 2 × Marelli electric motors
- Power
- 1400 hp (diesels)
- 800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
- 2 x 1 – 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
- 12 × torpedoes
Sister ships
- Italian submarine Adua
- Italian submarine Alagi
- Italian submarine Aradam
- Italian submarine Ascianghi
- Italian submarine Axum
- Italian submarine Beilul
- Italian submarine Dagabur
- 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 Dessiè on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.