Italian submarine Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei was one of four Archimede-class submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s. She was named after Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer and engineer.
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Launch of Galileo Galilei in Taranto, 1934 | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Galileo Galilei |
Namesake | Galileo Galilei |
Builder | Tosi, Taranto |
Laid down | 15 October 1931 |
Launched | 19 March 1934 |
Commissioned | 16 October 1934 |
Captured | by the Royal Navy, 19 June 1940 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | X-2, later P771 |
Acquired | June 1940 |
Commissioned | June 1942 |
Fate | Scrapped, January 1946 |
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Class and type | Archimede-class submarine |
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Length | 70.5 m (231 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) |
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