Regia Marina — Submarine
1935
Italian submarine Otaria (1935)
- Displacement
- 1,054 long tons (1,071 t)
- Length
- 73 m (239.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.2 m (23.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as Otraria? — 1 February 19482,193 days of the war
Glauco-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Otaria
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste
- Launched
- 20 March 1935
- Fate
- Discarded, 1 February 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,054 long tons (1,071 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,305 long tons (1,326 t)
- Length
- 73 m (239.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.2 m (23.6 ft)
- Draught
- 5.12 m (16.8 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Range
- 9,760 nmi (18,076 km)
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Otaria was a Glauco-class submarine of the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1935. She was built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste. She was launched on 20 March 1935.
Two ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 1,054 long tons surfaced and 1,305 long tons submerged. She measured 73 m (240 ft) long with a beam of 7.2 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots.
Her main battery was two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns. Her machinery developed 3,000 bhp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; diesel-electric
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 3000 bhp (diesels)
- 1200 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 2 × single 100 mm deck guns
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Otaria (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.