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Bronzo 1943  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
UIT15 (ex-Sparide)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	4.1942	21.2.1943	8/1943 // ---	never commissioned, sunk 6.9.1944
UIT16 (ex-Murena)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	4.1942	11.4.1943	8/1943 // ---	never commissioned, sunk 4.9.1944
UIT19 (ex-Nautilo)			CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy	1.1942	20.3.1943	7/1943 // ---	never commissioned, sunk 9.1.1944
UIT20 (ex-Grongo)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	1942	6.5.1943	9/1943 // ---	never commissioned, sunk 4.9.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	930 / 1093
Length, m	63.2
Breadth, m	6.98
Draught, m	4.87
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Fiat diesels / 2 CRDA electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 800
Max speed, kts	16 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 52
Endurance, nm(kts)	5400(8) / 80(4)
Armament	UIT15, 19: 1 x 1 - 100/47 M1938, 2 x 1 - 20/65 M1940, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12) UIT16, 20: 2 x 1 - 20/65 M1940, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12), 4 Maiale manned torpedoes
Electronic equipment	sonar, hydrophone
Complement	50
Diving depth operational, m	120

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Project history

Ex-Italian submarines of Flutto class (1st group), scuttled by own crews 9.9.1943 and salvaged by Germans. All were sunk by British aircraft. UIT15 and UIT16 were sunk by British bombers 6.9.1944 at Genoa, UIT19 was sunk by British bomers 9.1.1944 at Pola and UIT20 4.9.1944 at Genoa.