Italian submarine Galileo Galilei
Launch of Galileo Galilei in Taranto, 1934 | |
| History | |
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| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Galileo Galilei |
| Namesake | Galileo Galilei |
| Builder | Tosi, Taranto |
| Laid down | 15 October 1931 |
| Launched | 19 March 1934 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1934 |
| Captured | by the Royal Navy, 19 June 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | X-2, later P771 |
| Acquired | June 1940 |
| Commissioned | June 1942 |
| Fate | Scrapped, January 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Archimede-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 70.5 m (231 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) |
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Galileo Galilei was one of four Archimede-class submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s. She was named after Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer and engineer.