Evangelista Torricelli - Italian Submarines

Italian Submarines

Several Italian Navy submarines were named after Evangelista Torricelli

  • A Micca class submarine, built in 1918, stricken in 1930
  • An Archimede class submarine (1934), transferred to Spain in 1937 and renamed General Mola, stricken in 1959
  • A Benedetto Brin class submarine (1937), sank in the Red Sea due to the British Navy in 1940
  • Evangelista Torricelli, the former USS Lizardfish, transferred to Italy in 1960 and decommissioned in 1976

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