Italian submarine Scirè (1938)

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Scirè
Namesake	Northern part of Ethiopia
Builder	OTO, Muggiano
Laid down	30 January 1937
Launched	6 January 1938
Completed	25 March 1938
Fate	depth charged and sunk with all hands, 10 August 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement	680 long tons (691 t) surfaced; 844 long tons (858 t) submerged;
Length	60.18 m (197 ft 5 in) (oa)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × FIAT diesel engines; 2 × Marelli electric motors,;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h) surface; 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) submerged;
Complement	36 (4 officers + 32 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern); 12 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedoes on board; 1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun; (deck gun was removed in 1940 and 3 Human torpedo launchers were installed instead);

Italian submarine Scirè was an Adua-class submarine, built in the 1930s which served during World War II in the Regia Marina. It was named after a northern region of Ethiopia, at the time part of Italian East Africa.

History

Kingdom of Italy
Name	Scirè
Namesake	Northern part of Ethiopia
Builder	OTO, Muggiano
Laid down	30 January 1937
Launched	6 January 1938
Completed	25 March 1938
Fate	depth charged and sunk with all hands, 10 August 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement	680 long tons (691 t) surfaced 844 long tons (858 t) submerged
Length	60.18 m (197 ft 5 in) (oa)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × FIAT diesel engines 2 × Marelli electric motors,
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h) surface 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) submerged
Complement	36 (4 officers + 32 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 12 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedoes on board 1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun (deck gun was removed in 1940 and 3 Human torpedo launchers were installed instead)