Italian submarine Naiade
{{Short description|Italian submarine}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= Kingdom of Italy |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Italy|naval}} |Ship name= Naiade |Ship namesake=Naiad |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down=1931 |Ship launched= 27 March 1933 |Ship completed= |Ship commissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship fate=Sunk, 14 December 1940 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass|Sirena|submarine}} |Ship displacement=*{{Cvt|680|LT|t|0|disp=flip|lk=on}} (surfaced)
|Ship length={{convert|60.18|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|6.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|4.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power=*{{cvt|1350|bhp|lk=on}} (diesels)
|Ship propulsion=*2 shafts; diesel-electric
|Ship speed=*{{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} (surfaced)
|Ship range=*{{convert|5000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}} (surfaced)
|Ship test depth= |Ship armament=*1 × single Škoda 10 cm K10#OTO 100.2F47 History deck gun
|Ship notes= }} |
Naiade was one of a dozen {{sclass|Sirena|submarine}}s, the second sub-class of the 600 Series of coastal submarines built for the {{lang|it|Regia Marina}} (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s.
Design and description
The Sirena class was an improved and enlarged version of the preceding {{sclass|Argonauta|submarine}}s. They displaced {{convert|680|LT|t|sp=us|lk=on|order=flip|0}} surfaced and {{convert|837|LT|t|sp=us|order=flip|0}} submerged. The submarines were {{convert|61.5|m|ftin|sp=us}} long, had a beam of {{convert|5.7|m|ftin|sp=us}} and a draft of {{convert|4.7|m|ftin|sp=us}}. Their crew numbered 45 officers and enlisted men.Chesneau, p. 309
For surface running, the boats were powered by two {{convert|675|bhp|lk=on|0|adj=on}} diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a {{convert|400|hp|0|adj=on}} electric motor. They could reach {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|7.5|kn}} underwater. On the surface, the Sirena class had a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}}; submerged, they had a range of {{convert|72|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}}.Bagnasco, p. 148
The boats were armed with six {{convert|53.3|cm|in|0|adj=on|sp=us}} torpedo tubes, four in the bow and two in the stern for which they carried a total of 12 torpedoes. They were also armed with a single Škoda 10 cm K10#OTO 100.2F47 History deck gun forward of the conning tower for combat on the surface. The anti-aircraft armament consisted of two or four Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun machine guns.
Construction and career
Naiade was laid down by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico at their Monfalcone shipyard in 1931, launched on 27 March 1933 and completed the following year.
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Bagnasco |first=Erminio |title=Submarines of World War Two |year=1977 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=0-87021-962-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Brescia|first=Maurizio|title=Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regina Marina 1930–45|year=2012|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-544-8}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2|authorlink=Jürgen Rohwer}}
External links
- [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/sommergibili.aspx Sommergibili] Marina Militare website
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