Italian submarine Tembien
Service
- as Tembien1 July 1938 — 2 August 1941701 days of the war
- Name
- Tembien
- Namesake
- Tembien
- Builder
- OTO, Muggiano
- Laid down
- 6 February 1937
- Launched
- 6 February 1938
- Commissioned
- 1 July 1938
- Fate
- Sunk, 2 August 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 680 long tons (691 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 844 long tons (858 t)
- Length
- 60.28 m (197.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.64 m (15.2 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)
Tembien was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. She was named for Tembien. OTO, Muggiano laid her keel on 6 February 1937. She entered service on 1 July 1938, having been launched on 6 February 1938.
She was one of 17 ships of her class. 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 60.3 m (198 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 1,400 hp.
She was in commission for 701 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 2 August 1941, at 36°00′N 14°47′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
- 1400 hp (diesels)
- 800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
- 2 x 1 – 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
- 12 × torpedoes
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 Neghelli
- Italian submarine Scirè (1938)
- Italian submarine Uarsciek
- Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Tembien on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.naviearmatori.net/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons