Regia Marina — Submarine
Italian submarine Giovanni da Procida
- Displacement
- 810 long tons (823 t)
- Length
- 64.6 m (211.9 ft)
- Beam
- 6.51 m (21.4 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Giovanni Da Procida? — 1 February 19482,193 days of the war
Mameli-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Giovanni da Procida
- Builder
- Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
- Laid down
- 1925
- Launched
- 1 April 1928
- Fate
- Discarded, 1 February 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 810 long tons (823 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 993 long tons (1,009 t)
- Length
- 64.6 m (211.9 ft)
- Beam
- 6.51 m (21.4 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Range
- 4,360 nmi (8,075 km)
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Giovanni da Procida was a Mameli-class submarine of the Regia Marina. Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto laid her keel in 1925. She was launched on 1 April 1928.
Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Micca-class submarine and was succeeded by the Pisani-class submarine.
The boat displaced 810 long tons surfaced and 993 long tons submerged. She measured 64.6 m (212 ft) long with a beam of 6.5 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4.0 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,550 bhp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
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
- 1550 bhp (diesels)
- 550 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 1 × single 102 mm deck gun
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Giovanni da Procida on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.