Regia Marina — Submarine
1939
Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939)
- Displacement
- 1,175 long tons (1,194 t)
- Length
- 76.5 m (251 ft)
- Beam
- 6.81 m (22.3 ft)
- Speed
- 17.8 knots (33 km/h, 20.5 mph)
- Complement
- 57
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as Leonardo da Vinci? — 24 May 19431,361 days of the war
Marconi-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- CRDA (Monfalcone, Italy)
- Launched
- 16 September 1939
- Fate
- Sunk 24 May 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,175 long tons (1,194 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,465 long tons (1,489 t)
- Length
- 76.5 m (251 ft)
- Beam
- 6.81 m (22.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.72 m (15.5 ft)
- Speed
- 17.8 knots (33 km/h, 20.5 mph)
- Complement
- 57
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Leonardo da Vinci was a Marconi-class submarine of the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1939. She was built by CRDA (Monfalcone, Italy). She was launched on 16 September 1939.
Her class ran to five ships.
She displaced 1,175 long tons standard and 1,465 long tons at full load. She measured 76.5 m (251 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 17.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 57.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,361 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 24 May 1943, at 42°16′N 15°40′W. 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 engines, 3600 hp (surfaced)
- Electric motors 1500 hp (submerged)
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber gun
- 4 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 8 × 21 in torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern)
- 12 torpedoes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.