Brin class submarine

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Class overview
Name:	Brin
Operators:	Regia Marina
Completed:	5
Lost:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	1,016 tons (standard) 1,266t (full load)
Length:	72.5m
Beam:	6.7m
Draught:	4.5m
Propulsion:	(surfaced/submerged) diesel / electric , 2 shafts 3,200 hp / 1,200 hp
Speed:	17 / 8 knots (surfaced/submerged)
Range:	18,000nm at 10 kts
Complement:	58
Armament:	1 x 100mm gun 4 x 13.2mm anti-aircraft 8 x 21" torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern) 14 torpedoes

The Brin class submarines were five Italian submarines that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. Two were replacements for boats secretly transferred to the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.

The five boats were Brin, Galvani, Guglielmotti, Archimede, and Torricelli. Torricelli was sunk in the Red Sea, 23 June 1940.

The class were partially double hulled. The deck gun was mounted in the conning tower.

[edit] References

Ireland, Bernard (1996). Warships of World War II. Glasgow: Harper Collins & Jane's, pp.74-75.