Английская Википедия:Foca-class submarine
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship class overviewШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsThe Foca class were a group of three minelaying submarines built for the Шаблон:Lang (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1930s. All three sister ships played minor roles during the Second World War. One was lost to unknown causes while trying to lay a minefield off British Palestine in 1940, but the other two survived the war to be discarded in 1947.
Design and description
The Foca-class submarines were improved versions of the preceding Pietro Micca. 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.[1] They had an operational diving depth of Шаблон:Convert.[2] Their crew numbered 60 officers and men.[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 Foca 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 six internal Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes, four in the bow and two in the stern, for which they carried eight 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. Their anti-aircraft armament consisted of two pairs of [[Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun|Шаблон:Convert]] machine guns.[1] The Focas carried a total of 36 mines. Twenty mines were stored in a central chamber, while the remaining 16 mines were kept in two aft chutes through which the mines were ejected.[2]
Boats
Ship | Builder[3] | Laid down[3] | Launched[3] | Completed[3] | Fate[3][4] |
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Шаблон:Ship | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto | 15 January 1936 | 26 June 1937 | 6 November 1937 | Lost 13 October 1940 off Haifa, British Palestine |
Шаблон:Ship | 10 July 1937 | 20 November 1938 | 14 February 1939 | Discarded, 23 March 1947 | |
Шаблон:Ship | 3 February 1936 | 5 December 1937 | 12 February 1938 |
Service
The lead boat, Foca, was lost to unknown causes on 13 October 1940 while laying mines off Haifa.[4] Atropo and Zoea, the second and third vessels of the class, were used after Italy's 1943 surrender by the Allies for anti-submarine training.[5] Both were scrapped in 1947.[1]
See also
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References
External links
- Sommergibili Marina Militare website
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