Comandante Faà di Bruno, also referred to by its shortened name Faà di Bruno, was a built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1930s. It was sunk in 1940 by British and Canadian destroyers escorting a convoy.
Design and description The Marcello-class submarines were designed as improved versions of the preceding . They displaced surfaced and submerged. The submarines were long, had a beam of and a draft of .Chesneau, p. 305
For surface running, the boats were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, the Marcello class had a range of at , submerged, they had a range of at .Bagnasco, p. 158
The boats were armed with eight internal torpedo tubes, four each in the bow and stern. One reload were stowed for each tube, which gave them a total of sixteen torpedoes. They were also armed with two guns and four machine guns for combat on the surface.
Construction and career It was sunk on 8 November 1940 by a combined effort from the destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy, and of the Royal Navy after attacking Convoy HX 84 they were defending.Rohwer, p. 48
See also Italian submarines of World War II
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References
uboat.net Comandante Faà di Bruno (FB, I.5) Faà di Bruno Accessed 2 May 2022
External links Faa di Bruno at regiamarina.net Comandante Faà di Bruno Marina Militare website