Laid down 1 October 1938 Class and type Liuzzi-class submarine Construction started 1 October 1938 Length 77 m | Fate Sunk, 27 June 1940 Beam 23 ft (7.0 m) Launched 17 September 1939 Draft 4.18 m | |
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Name Console Generale Liuzzi Displacement 1,166 tons surfaced1,484 dived | ||
Console Generale Liuzzi was an Italian Liuzzi-class ocean-going submarine of the Regia Marina, launched in 1939 and sunk in 1940 by Royal Navy destroyers.
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Armament
The four submarines of the Liuzzi-class were armed with a single 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun, four 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns in twin mounts and eight 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, with four reloads for a total of twelve torpedoes carried.
History
Liuzzi was built at the Tosi Shipyard in Taranto. She was laid down on 1 October 1938 and launched on 17 September 1939.
Loss
Attacked by the British destroyers Dainty, Ilex, Decoy, Defender and the Australian destroyer Voyager south of Crete, she was scuttled on 27 June 1940. Her commanding officer at the time of the attack was Capitano di Corvetta Lorenzo Bezzi. He received the Italian Navy Gold Medal because -after ordering his crew to abandon the sinking submarine- he preferred to die within his ship
Legacy
Even if the submarine was destroyed without sinking any enemy ship, it is actually remembered because of the sacrifice of his commander Lorenzo Bezzi, to whom has been dedicated the Italian Submarine Naval school in Taranto.