Английская Википедия:Brin-class submarine
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The Brin-class submarine was a group of five long-range submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s.
Design and description
The Brin-class submarines were improved versions of the preceding Шаблон:Sclass. Two boats were replacements for submarines of that class that were secretly transferred to the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. They displaced Шаблон:Convert surfaced and Шаблон:Convert submerged. The submarines were Шаблон:Convert long, had a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draft of Шаблон:Convert. The class was partially double hulled.[1]
For surface running, the boats were powered by two Шаблон:Convert diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Шаблон:Convert electric motor. They could reach Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert underwater. On the surface, the Brin class had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert, submerged, they had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[2]
The boats were armed with eight internal Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes, four each in the bow and stern. They carried a total of 14 torpedoes. They were also armed with one [[Škoda 10 cm K10#OTO 100.2F47 History|Шаблон:Convert]] deck gun for combat on the surface. The gun was initially mounted in the rear of the conning tower, but this was re-sited on the forward deck later in the war in the surviving boats and the large conning tower was re-built to a smaller design. The light anti-aircraft armament consisted of one or two pairs of [[Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun|Шаблон:Convert]] machine guns.[1]
Ships
| Ship | Namesake | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Ship | Benedetto Brin | 3 April 1938 | Surrendered to the Allies in 1943; discarded in February 1948. |
| Шаблон:Ship | Luigi Galvani | 22 May 1938 | Sunk by British sloop Шаблон:HMS near Persian Gulf on 26 June 1940. |
| Шаблон:Ship | Alberto Guglielmotti | 11 September 1938 | Sank Greek tanker Atlas in the Red Sea on 6 September 1940. Torpedoed by Шаблон:HMS on 17 March 1942. |
| Шаблон:Ship | Archimedes | 5 March 1939 | Escaped from East Africa in 1941 to Bordeaux. Sunk by US Navy Catalina flying boats off Brazil on 15 April 1943. |
| Шаблон:Ship | Evangelista Torricelli | 26 March 1939 | Sunk in the Red Sea on 23 June 1940 by British destroyers Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS, and sloop Шаблон:HMS. The submarine was commanded by Salvatore Pelosi. |
Notes
References
External links
- Brin-class submarine Marina Militare website
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