Leonardo da Vinci on 19 February 2007
History
Italy
NameLeonardo da Vinci
NamesakeLeonardo da Vinci
BuilderFincantieri, Monfalcone
Laid down1 July 1976
Launched20 October 1979
Commissioned6 November 1982
Decommissioned30 June 2010
HomeportLa Spezia
IdentificationPennant number: S 520
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeSauro-class submarine
Displacement
Length63.85 m (209.5 ft)
Beam6.83 m (22.4 ft)
Draught5.3 m (17.4 ft)
Depth300 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)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
  • 7 officers
  • 44 enlisted
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

Leonardo da Vinci (S 520) was a Sauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.

Construction and career

Leonardo da Vinci 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 has participated in important national and international exercises and in 1989, on the occasion of the international exercise Tapon, she was the first post-war Italian-built submarine to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in submersion, under air and naval conflict under the command of the lieutenant captain Luigi de Benedictis, almost half a century after the glorious ancestor of the Regia Marina, a unit that under the command of the Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia had the primacy of the greatest tonnage of enemy ships sunk during the Second World War.

Entered into reserve fleet (RTD) on 31 December 2007.

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.[1]

Citations

  1. ↑ "Sottomarino S 520 "Leonardo da Vinci" - Sottomarino S 520 "Leonardo da Vinci" - Foto Album Fiamme Blu". www.fiammeblu.it. Retrieved 18 May 2021.


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