Name Uebi Scebeli Fate Sunk 29 June 1940 Beam 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) Launched 3 October 1937 Builder Taranto | Laid down 22 January 1937 Class and type Adua-class submarine Construction started 22 January 1937 Length 60 m | |
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Displacement 680 tonnes (669 long tons) surfaced
844 tonnes (831 long tons) submerged | ||
The Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli was an Adua-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s.
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Design
The Adua-class submarines were essentially repeats of the preceding Perla class. They displaced 680 metric tons (670 long tons) surfaced and 844 metric tons (831 long tons) submerged. The submarines were 60.18 meters (197 ft 5 in) long, had a beam of 6.45 meters (21 ft 2 in) and a draft of 4.7 meters (15 ft 5 in).
For surface running, the boats were powered by two 600-brake-horsepower (447 kW) diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 400-horsepower (298 kW) electric motor. They could reach 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) on the surface and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) underwater. On the surface, the Adua class had a range of 3,180 nautical miles (5,890 km; 3,660 mi) at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph), submerged, they had a range of 74 nmi (137 km; 85 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph).
The boats were armed with six internal 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes, four in the bow and two in the stern. One reload torpedo was carried for each tube, for a total of twelve. They were also armed with one 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun for combat on the surface. The light anti-aircraft armament consisted of one or two pairs of 13.2 millimeters (0.52 in) machine guns.
Career
Uebi Scebeli was built at the Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto.
She was sunk by HMS Dainty and HMS Ilex south-west of Crete on 29 June 1940. Secret documents, such as a copy of the Sommergibili Italiani SM 19/S code book were retrieved, prior to the scuttling of the ship.