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Name | Atropo |
Namesake | Atropos |
Builder | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto |
Laid down | 10 July 1937 |
Launched | 20 November 1938 |
Commissioned | 14 February 1939 |
Decommissioned | 23 March 1947 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Foca-class submarine minelayer |
Displacement | |
Length | 82.85 m (271 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 7.17 m (23 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
Complement | 60 |
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Atropo was one of three Foca-class submarine minelayers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the late 1930s.
The Foca-class submarines were improved versions of the preceding Pietro Micca. They displaced 1,326 metric tons (1,305 long tons ) surfaced and 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) submerged. The submarines were 82.85 meters (271 ft 10 in) long, had a beam of 7.17 meters (23 ft 6 in) and a draft of 5.2 meters (17 ft 1 in). [1] They had an operational diving depth of 90 meters (300 ft). [2] Their crew numbered 60 officers and enlisted men. [1]
For surface running, the boats were powered by two 1,440- brake-horsepower (1,074 kW ) diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 625-horsepower (466 kW) electric motor. They could reach 15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) on the surface and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) underwater. On the surface, the Foca class had a range of 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph), submerged, they had a range of 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph). [2]
The boats were armed with six internal 53.3-centimeter (21 in) torpedo tubes, four in the bow and two in the stern, for which they carried eight torpedoes. They were also armed with one 100-millimeter (3.9 in) deck gun for combat on the surface. The gun was initially mounted in the rear of the conning tower, but this was re-sited on the forward deck later in the war in the surviving boats and the large conning tower was re-built to a smaller design. Their anti-aircraft armament consisted of two pairs of 13.2-millimeter (0.52 in) machine guns. [1] The Focas carried a total of 36 mines that they ejected through chutes in the stern. [2]
Atropo was laid down by Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto at their Taranto shipyard on 10 July 1937, launched on 20 November 1938 and completed on 14 February 1939. [3]
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