Italian submarine Perla
Service
- as Perla8 July 1936 — 9 July 19421,042 days of the war
- as P-7129 July 1942 — 1943537 days of the war
- as Matrizos1943 — 1947975 days of the war
- Name
- Perla
- Namesake
- Pearl
- Builder
- CRDA, Monfalcone
- Laid down
- 31 August 1935
- Launched
- 3 May 1936
- Commissioned
- 8 July 1936
- Fate
- Struck off and scrapped, 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 616 long tons (626 t)
- Displacement, surfaced
- 689 long tons (700 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 846 long tons (860 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.71 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)
Perla was a Perla-class submarine, operated by the Regia Marina. She was named for Pearl. CRDA, Monfalcone laid her keel on 31 August 1935. She entered service on 8 July 1936, having been launched on 3 May 1936.
Ten ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sirena-class submarine and was succeeded by the Adua-class submarine.
The boat displaced 689 long tons surfaced and 846 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 1,500 hp.
She served with the Regia Marina as Perla until 9 July 1942. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as P-712 from 9 July 1942. She then passed to the Hellenic Navy, serving as Matrizos from 1943. She was in commission for 2,554 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1947.
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 × CRDA electric engines
- Power
- 1500 hp (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 Perla on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — betasom.it — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons