Italian submarine Comandante Faà di Bruno
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Comandante Faà di Bruno, also referred to by its shortened name Faà di Bruno, was a Marcello-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1930s. It was sunk in 1940 by British and Canadian destroyers escorting a convoy.
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Name | Comandante Faà di Bruno |
Namesake | Emilio Faà di Bruno |
Laid down | 28 April 1938 |
Launched | 18 June 1939 |
Commissioned | 23 October 1939 |
Fate | Sunk 8 November 1940 |
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Class and type | Marcello-class submarine |
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Length | 73 m (239 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.19 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
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Test depth | 100 m (328.1 ft) |
Complement | 58 |
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