Английская Википедия:Balilla-class submarine
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship class overviewШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsThe Balilla class were the first submarines to be built for the Italian navy following the end of World War I. They were large ocean-going cruiser submarines designed to operate in the Indian Ocean based in Italy's East African colonies. The design was double-hulled and based on the German Type UE 2 U-boats, one of which, Шаблон:Ship was supplied to the Italians as a war reparation. A Шаблон:Convert auxiliary diesel engine was installed as an extra generator.
During the war, the boats were stationed in the Mediterranean in 1940 but proved too large to be effective patrol submarines. Their only success was the sinking of the British submarine Шаблон:HMS by Шаблон:Ship on 15 October 1940. After 1941 they were used as transport submarines to supply Italian forces in North Africa. The surviving boats were scrapped after the war.
One submarine, Шаблон:Ship, was built for the Brazilian Navy to a modified design.
Design
The design of the Ballila class consisted of a strong double-hull which gave the ships a maximum diving depth of Шаблон:Convert, though Шаблон:Ship reached Шаблон:Convert in trials. The boats displaced 1,427 tons surfaced and 1874 tons submerged. They were Шаблон:Convert long with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The boats were considered to have poor stability.[1]
The submarines were powered by two Fiat diesels for surface cruising and two Savigliano electric motors for use while submerged driving two shafts. These created Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert respectively. The second diesel engine was for auxiliary purposes and for recharging the batteries, novel at the time of the boatsШаблон:' construction. This gave the ships a speed of Шаблон:Convert surfaced and Шаблон:Convert submerged. However, the initial design called for the ability to reach speeds of Шаблон:Convert surfaced and Шаблон:Convert submerged; the subs never reached these marks. The Ballila-class boats had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[1]
The Ballila class was armed with six Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes with four located in the bow and two in the stern. The submarines carried a load of 16 torpedoes, with two reloads for each bow tube and one reload for each stern tube.[1]
The class was also armed with one 1924 model Шаблон:Convert/27 calibre deck gun that was placed in a shielded mounting in the forward section of the conning tower. In 1934, the class underwent a refit that upgraded the model to a Шаблон:Convert/45 calibre gun. The ships also received two [[Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun|Шаблон:Convert]] machine guns placed two single mounts.[1][2]
Humaytá sub-class
Humaytá was ordered by the Brazilian navy as a deep-diving submarine. Modifications to the standard Ballila design include the placement of the diesel and electric motors further forward, the elimination of the bow planes and a different distribution of the ballast tanks throughout the submarine. The submarine was longer at Шаблон:Convert with a shallower draught, Шаблон:Convert. The vessel displaced 1,390 tons surfaced and 1,884 tons submerged.[3]
The submarine was powered by two Ansaldo diesels with one electric motor creating Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert respectively. This gave the ship a speed of Шаблон:Convert surfaced and Шаблон:Convert submerged.[3]
Humaytá differed in armament too. The submarine was equipped with the six Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes with four located in the bow and two in the stern. However, the vessel had only a Шаблон:Convert deck gun and carried 16 mines.[3]
Ships
All ships were built by OTO in Muggiano. Humaytá was a modified version of this design built for the Brazilian Navy in 1927. The ship was retired in 1950.
| Ship | Namesake | Country | Launched | Fate |
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| Шаблон:Ship | Giovan Battista Perasso | Italy | 20 February 1927 | Transformed in barge and broken up in 1946 |
| Шаблон:Ship | Domenico Millelire | 19 September 1927 | Turned into latex depot and used by Pirelli until 1977 | |
| Шаблон:Ship | Amatore Sciesa | 12 August 1928 | Damaged September 1942 at Benghazi, scuttled 12 November 1942 | |
| Шаблон:Ship | Enrico Toti | 14 April 1928 | Used as pontoon and broken up in 1946 | |
| Шаблон:Ship | Brazil | 11 June 1927 | Scrapped |
See also
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Bibliography
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External links
- Balilla-class submarine Marina Militare website
- Balilla Class at Battleships-cruisers.co.uk
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