Balilla 1916
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Balilla (ex-U42) | FIAT-San Giorgio, La Spezia | 8/1913 | 4.8.1915 | 8/1915 | sunk 14.7.1916 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
728 / 875 |
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Length, m |
65.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.05 |
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Draught, m |
4.17 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 FIAT diesels / 2 Siemens electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
2600 / 900 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(10) / 85(3) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/30 A1914, 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 6) |
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Complement |
38 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 50 |
Project history: Designed by Fiat-San Giorgio Yards, this boat had been ordered in 1913 by the German Navy and her name was to be U42, but her hull, not yet launched, was requisitioned by the Italian Navy in June 1915. Renamed Balilla under Italian colours.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Balilla sunk in the Adriatic, NW of Lissa Island, 14.7.1916, by gunfire and torpedoes from the Austrian torpedo-boats 65 F and 66 F.
Balilla 1915
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