Regia Marina — Submarine
1935
Italian submarine Pietro Micca (1935)
- Displacement
- 1,371 long tons (1,393 t)
- Length
- 90.22 m (296 ft)
- Beam
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Speed
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h, 17.8 mph)
- Complement
- 72
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Pietro Micca? — 29 July 19431,426 days of the war
Italian submarine Pietro Micca (1935)
Particulars
- Name
- Pietro Micca
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Tosi (Taranto, Italy)
- Laid down
- 15 October 1931
- Launched
- 31 March 1935
- Fate
- Torpedoed 29 July 1943
By torpedo (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,371 long tons (1,393 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,883 long tons (1,913 t)
- Length
- 90.22 m (296 ft)
- Beam
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Draught
- 5.33 m (17.5 ft)
- Speed
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h, 17.8 mph)
- Complement
- 72
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Pietro Micca was a submarine, operated by the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1935. Tosi (Taranto, Italy) laid her keel on 15 October 1931. She was launched on 31 March 1935.
The boat displaced 1,371 long tons surfaced and 1,883 long tons submerged. She measured 90.2 m (296 ft) long with a beam of 7.6 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 15.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 72.
Her main battery was two 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 3,000 bhp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,426 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 29 July 1943 by torpedo. 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
- 2 shafts
- Power
- Surfaced: Tosi diesel engine, 3000 bhp
- Submerged: 2 x Marelli electric motors, 1600 hp
- Armament
- 2 × 120mm/45 guns
- 4 × 13.2mm machine guns
- 6 × 53.3 cm (21") torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 40 mines
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Pietro Micca (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.