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

Italian submarine Filippo Corridoni

Bragadin-class submarine

Displacement
833 long tons (846 t)
Length
68 m (223.1 ft)
Beam
7.1 m (23.3 ft)
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h, 13.2 mph)
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Filippo Corridoni2,193 days of the war
Bragadin-class submarine Particulars
Name
Filippo Corridoni
Builder
Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
Laid down
4 July 1927
Launched
30 March 1930
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
833 long tons (846 t)
Displacement, submerged
981 long tons (997 t)
Length
68 m (223.1 ft)
Beam
7.1 m (23.3 ft)
Draught
4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h, 13.2 mph)
Range
4,180 nmi (7,741 km)
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Filippo Corridoni was a Bragadin-class submarine built for the Regia Marina. Her keel was laid at Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto on 4 July 1927. She was launched on 30 March 1930.

Her class ran to two ships. The class followed the Pisani-class submarine and was succeeded by the Italian submarine Pietro Micca.

The boat displaced 833 long tons surfaced and 981 long tons submerged. She measured 68 m (223 ft) long with a beam of 7.1 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 11.5 knots.

Her main battery was one 102 mm (4.0 in) guns. 1,500 bhp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

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
  • 1500 bhp (diesels)
  • 1100 hp (electric motors)
Armament
  • 1 × single 102 mm deck gun
  • 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
  • 4 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × stern mine tubes; 16 or 24 naval mines

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