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History | |
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Italy | |
Namesake | Enrico Toti |
Builder | Italcantieri Monfalcone |
Laid down | 15 April 1965 [1] |
Launched | 12 March 1967 [1] |
Commissioned | 22 January 1968 [1] |
Fate | Transported to Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", in Milan. |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Toti-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 46.2 m (151.6 ft) |
Beam | 4.7 m (15.4 ft) |
Draught | 5.7 m (18.7 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (surfaced) |
Complement | 4 officers and 22 men |
Armament | 4 × 533 mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes |
Italian submarine Enrico Toti (S 506) was the first of a new class of Italian submarine (Toti class), with Enrico Toti being laid down in 1965, launched in 1967, decommissioned in 1992 and preserved as a museum ship at thea Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", in Milan. The ship, and class, are named after the Italian war hero Enrico Toti.
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