Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Submarine 1928

Italian submarine Enrico Toti (1928)

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 Enrico Toti? — 2 April 19431,309 days of the war
Balilla-class submarine Particulars
Name
Enrico Toti
Pennant / hull number
1928
Namesake
Enrico Toti
Builder
Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano
Laid down
26 January 1925
Launched
14 April 1928
Decommissioned
2 April 1943
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)

Enrico Toti was a Balilla-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1928. The ship was named after Enrico Toti. Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano laid her keel on 26 January 1925. She was launched on 14 April 1928.

Four ships of the class were built. 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. Her machinery developed 4,900 bhp through two shafts.

She was in commission for 1,309 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 April 1943.

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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