Italian submarine Salpa (1932)

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Salpa
Builder	Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
Laid down	1930
Launched	8 May 1932
Completed	1933
Fate	Sunk, 27 June 1941
General characteristics
Class & type	Argonauta-class submarine
Displacement	660 t (650 long tons) (surfaced); 813 t (800 long tons) (submerged);
Length	61.5 m (202 ft)
Beam	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Draft	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power	1,500 bhp (1,100 kW) (diesels); 800 hp (600 kW) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 shafts; diesel-electric; 2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced); 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged);
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (surfaced); 110 nmi (200 km; 130 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) (submerged);
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Armament	1 × single 102 mm (4 in) deck gun; 2 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern);

Salpa was one of seven Argonauta-class submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s.