Italian submarine Macallé

RIN Macalle
History
Kingdom of Italy
NameMacallé
NamesakeMek'ele
BuilderOTO
Laid down1 March 1936
Launched29 October 1936
Commissioned1 March 1937
FateWrecked and sank 15 June 1940
General characteristics
Class & type600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement
  • 680 long tons (691 t) surfaced
  • 844 long tons (858 t) submerged
Length60.18 m (197 ft 5 in)
Beam6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draft4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power
  • 1,200 bhp (890 kW) (diesels)
  • 800 hp (600 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
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 knots (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 depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement44 (4 officers + 40 non-officers and sailors)
Armament

Italian submarine Macallé was an Adua-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s. It was named after a town of Mek'ele in Ethiopia.