Italian submarine Axum
Axum | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Axum |
| Namesake | Axum |
| Builder | CRDA, Monfalcone |
| Laid down | 8 February 1936 |
| Launched | 27 September 1936 |
| Commissioned | 2 December 1936 |
| Fate | Ran aground and scuttled, 28 December 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Adua-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 60.18 m (197 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | |
| Range |
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement | 44 |
| Armament |
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The Italian submarine Axum was an Adua-class submarine built in the 1930s, serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after an ancient city of Axum in Ethiopia.