Italian submarine Neghelli
Service
- as Neghelli28 February 1938 — 19 January 1941506 days of the war
- Name
- Neghelli
- Namesake
- Negele
- Builder
- OTO
- Laid down
- 25 February 1937
- Launched
- 7 November 1937
- Commissioned
- 28 February 1938
- Fate
- Sunk, 19 January 1941 (1941)
- 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)
Neghelli was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Negele. OTO laid her keel on 25 February 1937. She entered service on 28 February 1938, having been launched on 7 November 1937.
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 506 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 19 January 1941, at 32°37′N 26°44′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 Macallé
- Italian submarine Scirè (1938)
- Italian submarine Tembien
- Italian submarine Uarsciek
- Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Neghelli on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.xmasgrupsom.com/Sommergibili/neghelli.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons