Toti-class submarine

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Enrico Toti submarine.jpg
The submarine Enrico Toti at the Milan Museum of Technology
Class overview
NameToti class
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Italy.svg  Italian Navy
Preceded by Gato class / Balao class
Succeeded by Sauro class
In service1968
In commission1965–1993
Completed4
Retired4
Preserved2
General characteristics
Type Submarine
Displacement
  • 535 tons surfaced
  • 591 tons submerged
Length46.2 m (151 ft 7 in)
Beam4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Draught4.0 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion1 shaft, 2 Fiat MB 820 diesel engines, 2,200 hp (1,600 kW), plus 1 electric motor
Speed
  • 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h; 11.2 mph) surfaced
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) submerged
Range3,000  nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Test depth150 m (490 ft)
Complement4 officers, 22 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × 3 RM-20 radar
  • 1 x JP-64 active sonar
  • 1 x Velox passive sonar
Armament4 x 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes with 6 torpedoes

The Toti class were submarines built for the Italian Navy in the 1960s. They were the first submarines designed and built in Italy since World War II. These boats were small and designed as "hunter killer" anti-submarine submarines. They are comparable to the German Type 205 submarines and the French Aréthuse-class submarines.

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Ships

All four ships were built by Italcantieri (Fincantieri) to Monfalcone (Gorizia) shipyard.

Naval Ensign of Italy.svg  Italian Navy – Toti class
Pennant
number
NameHull
number
Laid
down
LaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedImageNotes
S 505 Attilio Bagnolini 188611 April 196526 August 196716 June 19685 July 1991 Attilio Bagnolini (S 505).jpg Scrapped in Aliaga Turkey 2021
S 506 Enrico Toti 187011 April 196512 March 196722 January 196830 September 1997 Wikimania by Rehman - Wikimania Takes Lake Como (12).jpg Museum ship in Milan [1] [2]
S 513 Enrico Dandolo 188710 March 196716 December 196729 September 196830 September 1996 Venedig Arsenale-5299.jpg Museum ship in Venice
S 514 Lazzaro Mocenigo 188812 June 196720 April 196828 December 196815 October 1993 Lazzaro Mocenigo (S 514).jpg Scrapped in Aliaga Turkey 2024

References

  1. Reference 'A Welshman In Milano' (blog)
  2. Reference 2 "Italy sub crosses Milan on wheels", BBC, 14 August 2005

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