Italian submarine Balilla (1927)

History
Italy
NameBalilla
BuilderOdero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano
Laid down12 January 1925
Launched2 February 1927
Completed21 July 1928
Decommissioned28 April 1941
FateScrapped,
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeBalilla-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,450 t (1,427 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 1,904 t (1,874 long tons) (submerged)
Length86.5 m (283 ft 10 in)
Beam7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power
  • 4,900 bhp (3,700 kW) (diesels)
  • 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) (surfaced)
  • 8.9 knots (16.5 km/h; 10.2 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) (surfaced)
  • 110 nmi (200 km; 130 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) (submerged)
Test depth110 m (350 ft)
Complement77
Armament

Balilla was the lead ship of her class of four submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the late 1920s.

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