Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939)
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For other ships with the same name, see Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci was a Marconi-class submarine of the Italian navy during World War II. It operated in the Atlantic from September 1940 until its loss in May 1943, and became the top scoring non-German submarine of the entire war.[3][4]
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Name | Leonardo da Vinci |
Builder | CRDA (Monfalcone, Italy) |
Launched | 16 September 1939 |
Homeport | BETASOM, Bordeaux |
Fate | Sunk 24 May 1943 |
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Class and type | Marconi-class submarine[1][2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 76.5 m (251 ft) |
Beam | 6.81 m (22.3 ft) |
Draught | 4.72 m (15.5 ft) |
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Complement | 57 |
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