Italian submarine Carlo Feccia di Cossato (S 519)

	Carlo Fecia di Cossato
History
Italy
Name	Carlo Fecia di Cossato
Namesake	Carlo Fecia di Cossato
Builder	Fincantieri, Monfalcone
Laid down	15 November 1975
Launched	16 November 1977
Commissioned	5 November 1979
Decommissioned	1 April 2005
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	Pennant number: S 519
Fate	Scrapped Aliaga Turkey 2024
General characteristics
Class & type	Sauro-class submarine
Displacement	1,456 tonnes (surfaced); 1,641 tonnes (submerged);
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	3-shaft diesel Grandi Motori Trieste GMT 210.16-NM (2,7 mW); 1 electric engine Magneti Marelli (2.686 kW);
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	7 officers; 44 enlisted;
Sensors &; 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	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes with reloads for:; 1.) Black Shark torpedo; 2.) Naval mines;

Carlo Fecia di Cossato (S 519) was aSauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.^[1]

Construction and career

Carlo Fecia di Cossato was laid down at Fincantieri Monfalcone Shipyard on 15 November 1975 and launched on 16 November 1977. She was commissioned on 5 November 1979.

She was decommissioned on 30 April 2002. From 1 April 2005, she began disarmament while moored at La Spezia and she is expected to undergo restoration where she will be transferred to Trieste serve as a museum ship in their old port. The sister submarine, Nazario Sauro was destined for a similar role and was transferred on 18 September 2009 to be exhibited at the Galata - Museum of the sea in Genoa as an integral part of the museum. Carlo Fecia di Cossato was sold for scrap 2023.

Citations

^ "Smg. " DI COSSATO "". www.sommergibili.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

External links

Media related to S519 Carlo Fecia di Cossato (submarine, 1980) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Smg. " DI COSSATO "". www.sommergibili.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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