Pietro Venuti (S 528)
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Keel laying | December 9, 2009 |
| Launch | October 9, 2014 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | July 6, 2016 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1,450 tons (above water) |
| length |
56 meters |
| width |
7 meters |
| Draft |
6 meters |
| crew |
27 |
| drive |
Diesel engine with 1050 kW (approx. 1,432 PS ) |
| speed |
12 knots (above water) |
| Armament |
6 torpedo tubes 533 mm |
Pietro Venuti (S 528) is the third class 212 A submarine built for the Italian Navy .
history
Pietro Venuti is the first boat of the second Italian batch of the class, which is also called the "Todaro class" in Italy after the first boat Salvatore Todaro (S 526) . The Pietro Venuti boat was laid down on December 9, 2009 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano near La Spezia as part of a German-Italian joint project . The “launch” took place on October 9, 2014, the handover to the Navy on July 6, 2016.
The home port of Pietro Venuti is Taranto .
Naming
The boat is named after the non-commissioned officer and torpedo mechanic Pietro Venuti, who was born in Codroipo on June 10, 1912 , and who perished on June 24, 1940 on the submarine Luigi Galvani off the coast of Oman . After a shell impact and severe water ingress in the stern torpedo room, Venuti stayed there while diving and closed the bulkhead, which saved the lives of most of the crew.
Web links
- Official website of the boat on marina.diesa.it
- Press release on cittadellaspezia.com from September 30, 2014
- Brief description of the 2nd Italian construction lot on marina.difesa.it
- To the new Black Shark Advanced heavyweight torpedo
- Pietro Venuti on marina.difesa.it