Italian submarine Macallé
Service
- as Macallé1 March 1937 — 15 June 1940288 days of the war
- Name
- Macallé
- Namesake
- Mek'ele
- Builder
- OTO
- Laid down
- 1 March 1936
- Launched
- 29 October 1936
- Commissioned
- 1 March 1937
- Fate
- Wrecked and sank 15 June 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 680 long tons (691 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 844 long tons (858 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 3,180 nmi (5,889 km)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Macallé was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine of the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Mek'ele. OTO laid her keel on 1 March 1936. She entered service on 1 March 1937, having been launched on 29 October 1936.
Her class ran to 17 ships. The class followed the Perla-class submarine and was succeeded by the Acciaio-class submarine.
The boat displaced 680 long tons surfaced and 844 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 288 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 15 June 1940, at 19°12′N 38°09′E. 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 × Marelli electric motors
- 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 x 1 - 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
- Italian submarine Adua
- Italian submarine Alagi
- Italian submarine Aradam
- Italian submarine Ascianghi
- Italian submarine Axum
- Italian submarine Beilul
- Italian submarine Dagabur
- Italian submarine Dessiè
- Italian submarine Durbo
- Italian submarine Gondar
- Italian submarine Lafolè
- Italian submarine Neghelli
- Italian submarine Scirè (1938)
- Italian submarine Tembien
- Italian submarine Uarsciek
- Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Macallé on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/14438/1428310153.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons