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History
Italian submarine AxumKingdom of Italy
NameAxum
NamesakeAxum
BuilderCRDA, Monfalcone
Laid down8 February 1936
Launched27 September 1936
Commissioned2 December 1936
FateRan aground and scuttled, 28 December 1943
General characteristics
Class and type600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement
  • 680 long tons (691 t) surfaced
  • 844 long tons (858 t) submerged
Length60.18 m (197 ft 5 in)
Beam6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 CRDA diesel engines
  • 2 CRDA electric engines
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
  • 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged
Range
  • 3,180 nmi (5,890 km) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h) surfaced
  • 74 nmi (137 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
  • 7.5 nmi (13.9 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h) submerged
Test depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement44 (4 officers, 40 non-officers and sailors)
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun
  • 2 x 1 – 13.2mm Breda machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
  • 12 × torpedoes

Italian submarine Axum was an Adua-class submarine built in the 1930s, serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after an ancient city of Axum in Ethiopia.[1]

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