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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Argonauta			CRDA, Monfalcone	11.1929	19.1.1931	1.1932	sunk 28.6.1940
Fisalia			CRDA, Monfalcone	11.1929	2.5.1931	6.1932	sunk 28.9.1941
Jalea			OTO, Muggiano	1.1930	15.6.1932	3.1933	discarded 2.1948
Jantina			OTO, Muggiano	1.1930	16.5.1932	3.1933	sunk 5.7.1941
Medusa			CRDA, Monfalcone	11.1929	10.12.1931	9.1932	sunk 30.1.1942
Salpa			Tosi, Taranto	4.1930	8.5.1932	12.1932	sunk 27.6.1941
Serpente (ex-Nautilus)			Tosi, Taranto	4.1930	28.2.1932	11.1932	scuttled 12.9.1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	611
Displacement normal, t	650 / 800
Length, m	61.5
Breadth, m	5.70
Draught, m	4.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CRDA diesels / CRDA electric motors Jalea, Jantina: Fiat diesels / CRDA electric motors Salpa, Serpente: Tosi diesels / Marelli electric motors
Power, h. p.	1200 / 800
Max speed, kts	14 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 28 (norm.)
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(8) / 74(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/35 Schneider-Armstrong 1914-15, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12),
Complement	44
Diving depth operational, m	80

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Project history

Medium submarines of so-called 600t class, most numerous in Italian Navy. The design was developed on the basis of Squalo class. Single-hulled with external bulges.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Argonauta was sunk 28.6.1940 at Sicily by British aircraft. Salpa was sunk 27.6.1941 in Mediterranean by British submarine Triumph. Jantina was sunk 5.7.1941 in Aegean sea by British submarine Torbay. Fisalia was sunk 28.9.1941 near Yaffa by DCs of British corvette Hyacinth. Medusa was sunk 30.1.1942 in Adriatic sea by British submarine Thorn. Serpente was scuttled by crew 12.9.1943 near Ancona.