Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was one of four s built for the (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s. She was named after Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer and engineer. Design and description The ships were designed by the firm Cavallini and were an enlarged version of the preceding . Among the changes were the introduction of a partially double hulled design, rearrangement of the ballast tanks, increases in fuel capacity and range, and a strengthening of the armament. The number of torpedoes was increased from 12 on the Settembrini class to 16. They displaced surfaced and submerged. The submarines were long, had a beam of and a draft of . For surface running, the boats were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, the Archimede class had a range of at , submerged, they had a range of at .