Italian submarine Gondar

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Gondar
Namesake	Gondar
Builder	OTO, Muggiano
Laid down	15 January 1937
Launched	3 October 1937
Commissioned	28 February 1938
Fate	Scuttled, 30 September 1940
General characteristics
Class & type	600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement	680 long tons (691 t) surfaced; 844 long tons (858 t) submerged;
Length	60.28 m (197 ft 9 in)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.64 m (15 ft 3 in)
Installed power	1,400 hp (1,000 kW) (diesels); 800 hp (600 kW) (electric motors);
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 2 × FIAT diesel engines; 2 × Marelli electric motors;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged;
Range	3,180 nmi (5,890 km; 3,660 mi) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) surfaced; 74 nmi (137 km; 85 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged;
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	44 (4 officers + 40 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun; 2 x 1 – 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft guns; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft); 12 × torpedoes; (deck gun was removed in 1940 and 3 Human torpedo launchers were installed instead);

Italian submarine Gondar was an Adua-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s. It was named after the city of Gondar in northern Ethiopia.

History

Kingdom of Italy
Name	Gondar
Namesake	Gondar
Builder	OTO, Muggiano
Laid down	15 January 1937
Launched	3 October 1937
Commissioned	28 February 1938
Fate	Scuttled, 30 September 1940
General characteristics
Class & type	600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement	680 long tons (691 t) surfaced 844 long tons (858 t) submerged
Length	60.28 m (197 ft 9 in)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.64 m (15 ft 3 in)
Installed power	1,400 hp (1,000 kW) (diesels) 800 hp (600 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 × FIAT diesel engines 2 × Marelli electric motors
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range	3,180 nmi (5,890 km; 3,660 mi) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) surfaced 74 nmi (137 km; 85 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	44 (4 officers + 40 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun 2 x 1 – 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft) 12 × torpedoes (deck gun was removed in 1940 and 3 Human torpedo launchers were installed instead)