Italian submarine Axum

RIN Axum
History
Kingdom of Italy
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	680 long tons (691 t) surfaced 844 long tons (858 t) submerged
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	2 CRDA diesel engines 2 CRDA electric engines
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range	3,180 nmi (5,890 km) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h) surfaced 74 nmi (137 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged 7.5 nmi (13.9 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	44 (4 officers, 40 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun 2 x 1 – 13.2mm Breda machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft) 12 × torpedoes

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]