Sauro-class submarines
Guglielmo Marconi
History
Italy
Name Guglielmo Marconi
Namesake Guglielmo Marconi
Builder Fincantieri , Monfalcone
Laid down 23 October 1979
Launched 20 September 1980
Commissioned 11 September 1982
Decommissioned 1 October 2003
Homeport La Spezia
Identification Pennant number : S 521
Fate Scrapped Aliaga Turkey 2024
General characteristics
Class and type Sauro -class submarine
Displacement
Length 63.85 m (209.5 ft)
Beam 6.83 m (22.4 ft)
Draught 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
Depth 300 m (984.3 ft)
Propulsion
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) (submerged)
Range 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
Sensors and processing systems
1 x radar SMA SPS-704
1 x sonar Elsag-USEA IPD70/S
Submarine Action Information System SMA/Datamat MM/SBN-716 SACTIS
periscopes Barr & Stroud CK31 Search and CH81 Attack Periscopes
communication system by ELMER
Electronic warfare & decoys ESM systems Elettronica Spa, Thetis ELT/124-s and MM-BLD/1
Armament
Guglielmo Marconi (S 521) was a Sauro -class submarine of the Italian Navy .[ 1]
Construction and career
Guglielmo Marconi underway in 1995
Guglielmo Marconi was laid down at Fincantieri Monfalcone Shipyard on 1 July 1976 and launched on 20 October 1979. She was commissioned on 6 November 1982.
She was decommissioned on 30 June 2010. She is currently moored at Quay Sauro Calata San Vito, pier 2, north side in the La Spezia Naval Base .[ 2]
Gugliemo Marconi was sold for scrap 2023.
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