Italian submarine Scirè (1938)

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Scirè
Namesake	Northern part of Ethiopia
Builder	OTO, Muggiano
Laid down	30 January 1937
Launched	6 January 1938
Completed	25 March 1938
Fate	depth charged, 10 August 1942
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) (oa)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × FIAT diesel engines; 2 × Marelli electric motors,;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h) surface; 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) submerged;
Complement	36 (4 officers + 32 non-officers and sailors)
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern); 12 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedoes on board; 1 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber deck gun; (deck gun was removed in 1940 and 3 Human torpedo launchers were installed instead);

Italian submarine Scirè was an Adua-class submarine, built in the 1930s which served during World War II in the Regia Marina. It was named after a northern region of Ethiopia, at the time part of Italian East Africa.

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