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Squalo 1910  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Glauco			R. Arsenale di Venezia	7/1903	9.7.1905	12/1905	discarded 9.1916
Narvalo			R. Arsenale di Venezia	2/1905	21.10.1906	5/1907	discarded 9.1918
Otaria			R. Arsenale di Venezia	5/1905	25.3.1908	7/1908	discarded 9.1918
Squalo			R. Arsenale di Venezia	8/1904	10.6.1906	9/1906	discarded 9.1918
Tricheco			R. Arsenale di Venezia	11/1905	6.6.1909	10/1909	discarded 9.1918

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	157 - 161 / 240 - 244
Length, m	36.8
Breadth, m	4.30
Draught, m	2.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Glauco, Narvalo, Squalo: 2 FIAT petrol engines / 2 Savigliano electric motors Otaria, Tricheco: 2 Thornycroft petrol engines / 2 Savigliano electric  motors
Power, h. p.	600 / 170
Max speed, kts	13 / 6
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)	900(8) / 40(5)
Armament	Glauco: 3 - 450 TT (bow) others: 2 - 450 TT (bow)
Complement	15
Diving depth operational, m	25

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Project history

Designed by Eng Lieut Cesare Laurenti, this class may be considered an experimental one, even though it was the first mass-produced class. There were some differences among the boats, eg the TT, three for Glauco reduced to two in the rest. Their motors were not reliable and the petrol aboard was a continuous source of danger.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

During the war they were employed for harbour defence at Brindisi and Venice.