Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Submarine P-802

Yugoslav submarine Sava

Flutto-class submarine

Displacement
891 long tons (905 t)
Length
63.15 m (207.2 ft)
Beam
6.98 m (22.9 ft)
Speed
16 knots (29.6 km/h, 18.4 mph)
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Nautilo? — September 19431,488 days of the war
  2. Kriegsmarine as UIT-191943 — 9 January 1944373 days of the war
  3. Yugoslav Navy as Sava1949 — 1971
Flutto-class submarine Particulars
Name
Sava
Pennant / hull number
P-802
Builder
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA), Monfalcone, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down
3 January 1942
Launched
20 March 1943
Commissioned
1949
Fate
Stricken in 1971 (1971)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
891 long tons (905 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,051 long tons (1,068 t)
Length
63.15 m (207.2 ft) OA
Beam
6.98 m (22.9 ft)
Draught
4.87 m (16 ft)
Speed
16 knots (29.6 km/h, 18.4 mph)
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Sava was a Flutto-class submarine in service with the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number P-802. Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA), Monfalcone, Kingdom of Italy laid her keel on 3 January 1942. Launched on 20 March 1943, she entered service in 1949.

Two ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 891 long tons surfaced and 1,051 long tons submerged. She measured 63.1 m (207 ft) long with a beam of 7.0 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 16 knots.

Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.

She served with the Regia Marina as Nautilo until September 1943. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as UIT-19 from 1943. She then passed to the Yugoslav Navy, serving as Sava from 1949. She was in commission for 1,861 days of the Second World War.

She was disposed of in 1971. Nothing of her survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines; 2400 hp
  • 2 × electric motors; 800 hp
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 100 mm / 47 caliber deck gun
  • 4 × 20 mm or 13.2 mm

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