Boats
All boats were built by the shipyard of Franco Tosi at Taranto, between 1930 and 1934.
Torricelli and Archimede took part of the Spanish Civil war under Italian flag since 1936, carrying out undercover operations. Eventually both submarines were secretly delivered to the Spanish rebel navy on April 1937.
| Ship | namesake | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archimede | Archimedes | 10 December 1933 | During the second half of 1936 she operated in Spanish waters covertly. Transferred to the Spanish nationalist navy in April 1937, renamed General Mola. She sank the Republican transport Cabo Palos on 26 July 1937 and the Dutch freighter Hanna on 2 January 1938. She also damaged beyond repair the Greek Lena on 30 March. Stricken in 1959 |
| Galileo Ferraris | Galileo Ferraris | 11 August 1934 | Sunk 25 October 1941 off Gibraltar by the combined action of a RAF PBY-5A Catalina flying boat and the destroyer HMS Lamerton at the position 37°07′0″N 14°19′0″W / 37.11667°N 14.31667°W / 37.11667; -14.31667 |
| Galileo Galilei | Galileo Galilei | 19 March 1934 | On 16 June 1940, she sank the Norwegian tanker James Stove off Aden, in the Red Sea. Captured two days later by the British armed trawler HMS Moonstone. Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS X2, scrapped in 1946 |
| Torricelli | Evangelista Torricelli | 27 March 1934 | She torpedoed and disabled the Republican cruiser Miguel de Cervantes in 1936, still under Italian flag. Transferred to the Spanish nationalist navy in April 1937, renamed General Sanjurjo. She sank the Republican troop transport Ciudad de Barcelona on 30 May 1937 and the British SS Endymion near the position 37°19′3″N 1°3′16″W / 37.31750°N 1.05444°W / 37.31750; -1.05444 on 21 January 1938. Stricken in 1959 |
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