Italian submarine Pietro Micca (1935)

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Pietro Micca
Builder	Tosi (Taranto, Italy)
Laid down	15 October 1931
Launched	31 March 1935
Fate	Torpedoed 29 July 1943
General characteristics
Type	Submarine minelayer
Displacement	1,371 tons (surface) 1,883 tons (submerged)
Length	296 ft (90 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught	17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Installed power	Surfaced: Tosi diesel engine, 3,000 bhp (2,200 kW) Submerged: 2 x Marelli electric motors, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	15.5 kn (28.7 km/h) surfaced 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h) submerged
Complement	72
Armament	2 × 120mm/45 guns[1] 4 × 13.2mm machine guns 6 × 53.3 cm (21") torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) [2] 40 mines
Notes	[3]

Pietro Micca (pennant number MC) was an Italian submarine which served with the Regia Marina in World War II. She was the third ship named after Pietro Micca, the Savoyard soldier who became a national hero for his sacrifice in the defence of Turin against the French troops in 1706. This boat was the prototype for a class of fast, long range submarines with conventional torpedo armament, naval mine laying capability, and useful secret transport capacity. The ship was built at the Tosi shipyard in Taranto. She was laid down on 15 October 1931 and launched on 31 March 1935. The boat fully met design requirements, but was too expensive to be repeated.^[4]