Part of the Marcello-class submarines, consisting of the Marcello, Dandolo, Veniero, Provana, Mocenigo, Nani, Barbarigo, Emo, Morosini, Comandante Cappellini and Comandante Faa'di Bruno. Reproduced Glauco-class. Speed 17.4 (surfaced)-8 (submerged) knots. Range surfaced 7.700 nautical miles/9.4 knots and submerged 120 nautical miles/3 knots. Dimensions 73.00 x 7.20 x 5.10 metes or 239.6 x 23.7 x 16.9 feet and displacement 1.059 (surfaced)-1.3121.313 (submerged) tons.Crew numbered 57 men including 7 officers. Diving depth 100 metres. Armament consisted of 12-53.3cm/21” torpedo tubes (6 fore and 6 aft), 2x1-10cm4” cal 47 guns, 2x1-13.2mm/0.52” guns. Pennant BO.
Built by CRDA Monfalcone, Italy. Laid down on 6 Feburary 1937, launched on 12 June 1938, commissioned on 19 September 1938, converted into a cargo submarine, sunk in the Gulf of Biscay in an air attack in end June 1943 and stricken on 18 October 1946.
Sources
Erminio Bagnasco, Submarines of World War Two, Cassell & Co, London. 1977
Paolo M. Pollina. I Sommergibili Italiani. Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare. Rome, 1963
Several editions of Jane’s Fighting Ships
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