| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Archimede class |
| Builders | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto |
| Operators | |
| Built | 1930–1934 |
| In service | 1933–1958 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 70.5 m (231 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range |
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| Test depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Crew | 55 |
| Armament |
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The Archimede class were a group of four submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1930s. The boats fought in the Spanish Civil War (under the Nationalist flag) and in World War II. In Spanish service, two boats were known as the General Mola class; these were taken out of service in 1959.