Sauro-class submarine

Class overview
Builders	Fincantieri
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Toti class, ; Tang class, ; Tench class;
Succeeded by	Todaro class
In service	1980
In commission	1979
Completed	8
Active	4
Retired	4
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	I and II Batches:; 1,456 tons surfaced; 1,641 tons submerged; III Batch:; 1,476 tons surfaced; 1,662 tons submerged; IV Batch:; 1,653 tons surfaced; 1,862 tons submerged;
Length	I and II Batches:; 63.85 m; III Batch:; 64.36 m; IV Batch:; 66.00 m;
Beam	6.83 m
Draught	I and II Batches:; 5.3 m; III Batch:; 5.6 m; IV Batch:; 6.3 m;
Propulsion	3 x shaft diesel Grandi Motori Trieste GMT 210.16-NM (2,7 MW); I, II and III Batches::; 1 electric engine Magneti Marelli (2.686 kW); IV Batch::; 1 electric engine ABB;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced; 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) submerged;
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) to 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Test depth	300 m
Complement	7 officers, 44 men
Sensors and ; processing systems	I and II Batches:; 1 x radar SMA SPS-704; 1 x sonar Elsag-USEA IPD70/S; Submarine Action Information System SMA/Datamat MM/SBN-716 SACTIS; periscopes Barr & Stroud CK31 Search and CH81 Attack Periscopes; communication system by ELMER; III and IV Batches, after update 1999/2005:; 1 x radar SMA MM/BPS 704-V2; 1 x sonar STN Atlas Elektronik – ISUS 90-20; Combat System STN Atlas Elektronik – ISUS 90-20; periscopes Kollmorgen; communication system IRSC, by Hagenuk Marinekommunikation;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	I and II Batches:; ESM systems Elettronica Spa, Thetis ELT/124-s and MM-BLD/1; III and IV Batches, after update 1999/2005:; ESM systems Elettronica Spa, BLD-727;
Armament	I and II Batches::; 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 12 torpedoes Whitehead A-184 or 24 mines carried; III and IV Batches::; 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 12 torpedoes Whitehead A-184 Mod.3 or 24 mines carried;

The Nazario Sauro class are diesel-electric submarines operated by the Italian Navy. All boats were built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone.

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