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Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Italian submarine Grongo 1942-1947

Of the Tritone-class or Flutto-class 1st type. Dimensions 63,15 x 6,98 x 4.87 metres or 207’2.2”x 22’10.8”x 15’11.7” and a displacement of 905 (surfaced)-1.070 (submerged) tons. Crew numbered 49 men including 5 officers. Speed 16 (surfaced)-8 (submerged) knots. Range surfaced 5.400 nautical miles/8 knots respectively 2.000/16 and submerged 80 nautical miles/4 knots respectively 7/8. Armament 7-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes (4 for, 2 aft), 1-10cm/4” cal 47 gun on the fore deck before the tower and 2x2-13.2mm/0.52” anti aircraft guns on the tower. Diving depth 130 metres. Built by Otto, La Spezia, Italy. Laid down on 1 April 1942, launched on 6 May 1943, scuttled in September 1943, salvaged by Germans and became the UIT-15, lost in an air attack on Genoa in 1944 and stricken on 27 March 1947.

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

https://www.marina.difesa.it/

http://www.regiamarina.net/

http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.com/

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