Italian submarine Malachite
- Displacement
- 613 long tons (623 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as Malachite6 November 1936 — 9 February 19431,257 days of the war
- Name
- Malachite
- Namesake
- Malachite
- Builder
- OTO, Muggiano
- Laid down
- 31 August 1935
- Launched
- 15 July 1936
- Commissioned
- 6 November 1936
- Fate
- Sunk, 9 February 1943 (1943)
- 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)
Malachite was a Perla-class submarine built for the Regia Marina. She was named for Malachite. OTO, Muggiano laid her keel on 31 August 1935. Launched on 15 July 1936, she entered service on 6 November 1936.
Her class ran to ten ships. 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 1,257 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 9 February 1943. 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 × Tosi diesel engines
- 2 × Marelli 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 x 1 – 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Malachite on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.