Leonardo Da Vinci, the most successful Italian submarine in World War II
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Class overview | |
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Operators | |
In commission | 1940–1945 |
Completed | 6 |
Lost | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 76.5 m (251 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4.72 m (15 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 90 m (300 ft)+ |
Complement | 57 |
Armament |
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The Marconi class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina). The submarines were all launched between 1939 and 1940, and all but one, Luigi Torelli, were lost in the Atlantic during the Second World War.