Italian submarines in World War Two

Ocean going type class Marconi

Class	Marconi
Type	Ocean going
Design	Bernardis
Description

Marconi class boat Leonardo da Vinci (USMM)

Marconi class submarines

	Submarine	Name short	Commissioned	Lost
	Alessandro Malaspina (MP, I.6)	Malaspina	20 Jun 1940	10 Sep 1941
	Guglielmo Marconi (MN, I.7)	Marconi	20 Feb 1940	29 Oct 1941
	Leonardo da Vinci (LV, I.8)	Da Vinci	7 Apr 1940	23 May 1943
	Luigi Torelli (TI, I.9, UIT.25)	Torelli	15 May 1940
	Maggiore Francesco Baracca (BC, I.10)	Baracca	10 Jul 1940	8 Sep 1941
	Michele Bianchi (BH, I.11)	Bianchi	15 Apr 1940	5 Jul 1941

Technical information for Marconi class

Displacement: (tons)	1171 (sf) 1467 (sm) (total)
Length: (m)	76.000 oa ph
Beam: (m)	6.78 oa ph
Draught: (draft)	5.210 m
Height:	m
Power: (hp)	3520 (sf) 1500 (sm)

Speed: (knots)	18.000 (sf) 8.000 (sm)
Range: (miles / knots)	10500/8 (sf) 110/3 (sm)
Torpedoes:	16 4/4 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:	No mines carried
Deck gun:	1 x 100/47 220 rounds
AA armament	2 x 2 13.2mm
Crew:	7/50 (officers/men)
Max depth:	ca. 100 m (328 feet)

sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.

Italian submarine classes