Italian submarine Turchese
- Displacement
- 616 long tons (626 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 44
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as Turchese21 September 1936 — 1 February 19482,193 days of the war
- Name
- Turchese
- Namesake
- Turquoise
- Builder
- CRDA, Monfalcone
- Laid down
- 28 September 1935
- Launched
- 19 July 1936
- Commissioned
- 21 September 1936
- Fate
- Struck, 1 February 1948 (1948)
- 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)
Turchese was a Perla-class submarine of the Regia Marina. She was named for Turquoise. CRDA, Monfalcone laid her keel on 28 September 1935. She entered service on 21 September 1936, having been launched on 19 July 1936.
She was one of ten ships of her class. 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 1,350 hp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was disposed of on 1 February 1948. Nothing of her 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 × CRDA diesel engines
- 2 × CRDA electric engines
- Power
- 1350 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 Turchese on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.