![]() RIN Axum
| |
History | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Name | Axum |
Namesake | Axum |
Builder | CRDA, Monfalcone |
Laid down | 8 February 1936 |
Launched | 27 September 1936 |
Commissioned | 2 December 1936 |
Fate | Ran aground and scuttled, 28 December 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 600-Serie Adua-class submarine |
Displacement |
|
Length | 60.18 m (197 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | |
Range | |
Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 44 (4 officers, 40 non-officers and sailors) |
Armament |
|
Italian submarine Axum was an Adua-class submarine built in the 1930s, serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after an ancient city of Axum in Ethiopia.[1]