Italian R-class submarine
Romolo-class submarine (Romolo) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Romolo |
| Builders | Tosi, CRDA |
| Operators | Regia Marina |
| Built | 1942–1943 |
| In service | 1943 |
| Planned | 12 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Cancelled | 10 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Transport submarines |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 86.5 m (283 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 7.86 m (25 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 5.34 m (17 ft 6 in) |
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Capacity | 600 t (591 long tons) of cargo |
| Complement | 63 |
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The R-class or Romolo-class submarine was a group of submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina Italiana) during World War II. They were designed as blockade running transport submarines for transporting high-value cargo from Europe to Japan and vice versa. Axis-occupied Europe lacked strategic materials such as tungsten, tin and some commodities such as rubber.