Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Submarine P-901

Yugoslav submarine Mališan

CB

Yugoslav submarine Mališan
SpeedyGonsales — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P-901 Mališan submarine in Zagreb museum originally the italian CB 20

Service

  1. Regia Marina as CB-20? — 19452,193 days of the war
  2. Yugoslav Navy as Mališan1953 — 30 September 1957
CB Particulars
Name
Mališan
Pennant / hull number
P-901
Builder
Caproni, Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down
1943
Commissioned
1953
Decommissioned
30 September 1957
Fate
Captured by the Yugoslav Army at Pola in 1945 (1945)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
35 long tons (36 t)
Displacement, submerged
44 long tons (45 t)
Length
15 m (49.2 ft)
Beam
3 m (9.8 ft)
Draught
3 m (9.8 ft)
Speed
7.5 knots (13.9 km/h, 8.6 mph)
Range
1,400 nmi (2,593 km)

Mališan was a submarine of the CB built for the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number P-901. Caproni, Milan, Kingdom of Italy laid her keel in 1943. She was commissioned in 1953.

The boat displaced 35 long tons surfaced and 44 long tons submerged. She measured 15 m (49 ft) long with a beam of 3 m (10 ft). Her designed speed was 7.5 knots.

Her main battery was two 450 mm (17.7 in) guns.

She served with the Regia Marina as CB-20 until 1945. She then passed to the Yugoslav Navy, serving as Mališan from 1953. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 September 1957.

She was captured in 1945.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • One shaft; diesel-electric
  • 1 × 88.4 bhp diesel engine
  • 1 × 60 bhp electric motor
Armament
  • 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × torpedoes
  • 1 × machine gun

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