NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
P714 (ex-Bronzo)	P714		Tosi, Taranto, Italy	12.1940	28.9.1941	1.1942 // 7.1943	to France 1.1944 (Narval)

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	14.7 / 7.7
Displacement standard, t	---
Displacement normal, t	697 / 850
Length, m	60.2
Breadth, m	6.44
Draught, m	4.78
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Fiat diesels / 2 Marellli electric motors
Power, h. p.	1400 / 800
Fuel, t	diesel oil 78
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(14) / 80(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 100/47 M1938, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8)
Electronic equipment	hydrophone
Complement	45
Diving depth operational, m	80

Standard scale images

Project history

Last, 5th series of 600t submarines of Italian navy. Repetition of Adua class with with less size CT for stability improvement and decreasing of silhouette. Also power of diesels was raised. Bronzo was captured by British minesweepers Boston, Cromarty, Poole and Seeham 12.7.1943 off Syracuse.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.