NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
X2, 1942 - P711 (ex-Galileo Galilei)	P711		Tosi, Taranto, Italy	10.1931	19.3.1934	10.1934 // 6.1940	BU 1.1946

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	17 / 8
Displacement standard, t	---
Displacement normal, t	970 / 1239
Length, m	70.5
Breadth, m	6.87
Draught, m	4.12
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Tosi diesels / 2 Marelli electric motors
Power, h. p.	3000 / 1100
Fuel, t	diesel oil 100
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/43 M1927, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 8 - 533 TT (4 bow, 4 stern, 16)
Electronic equipment	hydrophone
Complement	55
Diving depth operational, m	90

Standard scale images

Project history

A little increased version of Settembrini class with larger fuel stowage and strengthened armament (second gun was added, number of spare torpedoes was increased). Construction was partially double-hulled. Galileo Galilei was captured 19.6.1940 in Red Sea by British trawler Moonstone after crew of submarine has poisoned with the gases from ventilating system.

Modernizations

1942-1944: + type 286W or type 291W radar, presumably type 129 sonar

1/1946: 2 x 1 - 100/43 M1927, 2 x 1 -13.2/76, 8 - 533 TT, type 286W or type 291W radar, presumably type 129 sonar

Naval service

Used for training.