Sauro-class submarine
Appearance
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Fincantieri |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Todaro class |
In service | 1980 |
In commission | 1979 |
Completed | 8 |
Active | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | |
Length |
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Beam | 6.83 m |
Draught |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) to 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Test depth | 300 m |
Complement | 7 officers, 44 men |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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The Nazario Sauro class are submarines operated by the Italian Navy. All boats were built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone.
Design
There are three sub groups built in four batches:
- S 518 Nazario Sauro named after Nazario Sauro; since September 2009, this unit has been a museum ship in Genoa (part of Galata - Museo del mare).[2]
- S 519 Carlo Fecia di Cossato named after Italian World War II submarine commander Carlo Fecia di Cossato
- S 520 Leonardo da Vinci, named after Leonardo da Vinci
- S 521 Guglielmo Marconi, named after Guglielmo Marconi
- S 522 Salvatore Pelosi, named after Italian World War II submarine commander and war hero Salvatore Pelosi
- S 523 Giuliano Prini, named after Italian World War II submarine commander and war hero Giuliano Prini
- S 524 Primo Longobardo, named after Italian World War II submarine commander and war hero Primo Longobardo
- S 525 Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia, named after Italian World War II submarine commander and war hero Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia
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List of boats
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Pennant number |
Name | Batch | Shipyard | Hull number |
Laid down |
Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | ||
S 518 | Nazario Sauro | I | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
4257 [3] | 26 June 1974 | 9 October 1976 | 1 March 1980 | 30 April 2002 | ||
S 519 | Carlo Feccia di Cossato | I | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
4258 | 15 November 1975 | 16 November 1977 | 5 November 1979 | 1 April 2005 | ||
S 520 | Leonardo da Vinci | II | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
4339 | 1 July 1976 | 20 October 1979 | 6 November 1982 | 30 June 2010 | ||
S 521 | Guglielmo Marconi | II | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
4340 | 23 October 1979 | 20 September 1980 | 11 September 1982 | 1 October 2003 | ||
S 522 | Salvatore Pelosi | III | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
4405 | 23 July 1985 | 29 November 1986 | 14 July 1988 [4] | in service | ||
S 523 | Giuliano Prini | III | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
4406 | 30 July 1987 | 12 December 1987 | 17 May 1989 | in service | ||
S 524 | Primo Longobardo | IV | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
5878 | 19 December 1991 | 20 June 1992 | 14 December 1993 | in service | ||
S 525 | Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia | IV | Fincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
5879 | 12 November 1992 | 26 June 1993 | 12 June 1995 [4] | in service |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c (in Italian) Classe Sauro, Marina Militare official website, march 2011.
- ^ (in Italian) Site about the submarine maintained by the genoese museum.
- ^ http://www.gaioni.com/navy-ships/
- ^ a b http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/sommergibili/Pagine/ClasseSauro.aspx
Bibliography
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- (in Italian) Sommergibili, Marina Militare official site.
- Conway, All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995