Italian submarine Alagi

	RIN Alagi launch at Monfalcone
History
Italy
Name	Alagi
Namesake	Amba Alagi
Builder	CRDA, Monfalcone
Laid down	19 March 1936
Launched	15 November 1936
Commissioned	6 March 1937
Stricken	23 May 1947
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 February 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	600-Serie Adua-class submarine
Displacement	680 long tons (691 t) surfaced; 844 long tons (858 t) submerged;
Length	60.18 m (197 ft 5 in)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 CRDA diesel engines ; 2 CRDA electric engines;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged;
Range	3,180 nmi (5,890 km) at 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h) surfaced; 74 nmi (137 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged; 7.5 nmi (13.9 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h) submerged;
Test depth	80 m (262 ft)
Complement	44 (4 officers, 40 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun; 2 x 1 - 13.2mm Breda machine guns; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft); 12 × torpedoes;

Italian submarine Alagi was an Adua-class submarine built in the 1930s serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after the Amba Alagi mountain in Ethiopia, which was at the time part of Italian East Africa

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