Andrea Provana (ship, 1915)

**Andrea Provana**
	The preserved tower of Andrea Provana in Turin
Ship data
Ship type	Submarine
class	Barbarigo
Shipyard	FIAT San Giorgio, La Spezia
Commissioning	September 10, 1918
Whereabouts	January 21st 1928 out of service
Ship dimensions and crew
length	67 m ( Lüa )
width	5.9 m
Draft	Max. 3.81 m
displacement	surfaced: 796.6 t; submerged: 926.5 t
crew	4 officers, 36 men
Machine system
machine	2 FIAT diesel ; 2 Ansaldo electric motors
Machine ; performance	2600/1300 hp
Mission data submarine
Immersion depth, max.	50 m
Top ; speed ; submerged	9.3 kn (17 km / h)
Top ; speed ; surfaced	16.8 kn (31 km / h)
Armament
	2 × 76.2 mm guns Type 76/40 Mod. 1916 RM; * 6 torpedo tubes ∅ 450 mm (4 bow, 2 stern, 8 torpedoes);

Andrea Provana was a submarine of the Italian Navy .

construction

Although already laid down in 1915 , construction progressed so slowly that the boat could not be put into service until 1918. The boat was based on the designs of Cesare Laurenti and Virginio Cavallini. The high surface speed of 16 knots was compared to an underwater speed of only 9.3 knots. The maximum diving depth was 50 meters.

Whereabouts

The tower and part of the hull were erected in Turin after it was decommissioned in 1928 .

Surname

The boat was named after Andrea Provana , an admiral of the Duchy of Savoy .

Individual evidence

^ David Miller: The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World. Zenith Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7603-1345-9 , p. 78.

[1] David Miller: The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World. Zenith Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7603-1345-9 , p. 78.