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 FB.
Built by OTO, La Spezia, Italy. Laid down on 28 April 1938, launched on 18 June 1939, commissioned on 23 October 1949, lost after leaving Bordeaux, France on 31 October 1940 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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