Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli
Service
- as Uebi Scebeli21 December 1937 — 29 June 1940301 days of the war
- Name
- Uebi Scebeli
- Namesake
- Shebelle River
- Builder
- Tosi, Taranto
- Laid down
- 22 January 1937
- Launched
- 3 October 1937
- Commissioned
- 21 December 1937
- Fate
- Scuttled, 29 June 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 680 long tons (691 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 844 long tons (858 t)
- Length
- 60.18 m (197.4 ft)
- Beam
- 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 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)
Uebi Scebeli was a 600-Serie Adua-class submarine of the Regia Marina. She was named for Shebelle River. Her keel was laid at Tosi, Taranto on 22 January 1937. Launched on 3 October 1937, she entered service on 21 December 1937.
Her class ran to 17 ships. 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 60.2 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 1,200 bhp.
She was in commission for 301 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 29 June 1940, at 35°29′N 20°06′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 × Tosi diesel engines
- 2 × Marelli electric motors
- Power
- 1200 bhp (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
- 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 Tembien
- Italian submarine Uarsciek
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy — WW2 Aircraft.net — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons