Italian submarine Iride
Service
- as Iride6 November 1936 — 22 August 1940356 days of the war
- Name
- Iride
- Builder
- OTO, Muggiano
- Laid down
- 3 September 1935
- Launched
- 30 July 1936
- Commissioned
- 6 November 1936
- Fate
- Sunk by HMS Eagle, 22 August 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 613 long tons (623 t)
- Displacement, surfaced
- 685 long tons (696 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 839 long tons (852 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.72 m (15.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,200 nmi (9,630 km)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Iride was a Perla-class submarine built for the Regia Marina. Her keel was laid at OTO, Muggiano on 3 September 1935. She entered service on 6 November 1936, having been launched on 30 July 1936.
Ten ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sirena-class submarine and was succeeded by the Adua-class submarine.
The boat displaced 685 long tons surfaced and 839 long tons submerged. She measured 60.2 m (197 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 1,200 bhp.
She was in commission for 356 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 22 August 1940. 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 × FIAT diesel engines
- 2 × CRDA electric engines
- Power
- 1200 bhp (diesels)
- 800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
- 2 × 1 – 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Iride on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — betasom.it — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons