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Romolo 1943  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
UIT1 (ex-R10)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	2.1943	13.7.1943	---	scuttled incomplete 24.4.1945
UIT2 (ex-R11)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	3.1943	6.8.1943	---	scuttled incomplete 24.4.1945
UIT3 (ex-R12)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	5.1943	29.9.1943	---	scuttled incomplete 24.4.1945
UIT4 (ex-R7)			CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy	3.1943	31.10.1943	---	sunk incomplete 25.5.1944
UIT5 (ex-R8)			CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy	3.1943	28.12.1943	---	sunk incomplete 20.4.1944
UIT6 (ex-R9)			CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy	3.1943	27.2.1944	---	sunk incomplete 16.3.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	2155 / 2560
Length, m	86.5
Breadth, m	7.86
Draught, m	5.34
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Tosi diesels / 2 Marelli electric motors
Power, h. p.	2600 / 900
Max speed, kts	14 / 6.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts)	12000(9) / 90(4)
Armament	3 x 1 - 20/65 M1940
Military load	600 t of cargo
Electronic equipment	sonar, hydrophone
Complement	63
Diving depth operational, m	100

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Project history

Ex-Italian transport submarines of Romolo class, captured in outfitting bassins (UIT1, 2) or on the stocks (UIT3 - 6) by German troops 8.9.1943, building of all six submarines was suspended from 13.9.1944. UIT1 was scuttled 9.9.1943 by Italians but salvaged by Germans, building was continued at Genoa but 4.10.1944 submarine was sunk by British bombers. Incomplete UIT2 was bombed by Allied aircraft 24.4.1945 at Genoa. Incomplete UIT3 was bombed by Allied aircraft 24.4.1945 at La Spezia. British bombers sunk incomplete UIT4 at Monfalcone 25.5.1944, UIT5 20.4.1944 and UIT6 16.3.1945 respectively.