Italian submarine Tricheco (1930)
Tricheco before her christening ceremony | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Italy | |
| Name | Tricheco |
| Namesake | Walrus |
| Builder | CRDA |
| Laid down | 10 November 1928 |
| Launched | 11 September 1930 |
| Commissioned | 25 June 1931 |
| Fate | Sunk by HMS Upholder, 18 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Squalo-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 69.8 m (229 ft) |
| Beam | 7.21 m (23 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 5.19 m (17 ft) |
| Installed power | |
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| Test depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Complement | 53 |
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Tricheco was one of four Squalo-class submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the late 1920s. The boat served in World War II and was sunk in 1942 by the British submarine HMS Upholder.