Scirè (S527) - Marina Militare

Classe Todaro – U212A Class - U212A

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The submarines of the IT Navy have a great and old tradition that dates back to 1890, when was launched the first Italian submarine (the Dolphin) in the Military Arsenal of La Spezia.
There are 23 Gold Medals for Valor attributed to submariners during the two world wars.
Today the Italian submarines is pointing especially on technological excellence to continue to ensure the safety of our seas.
Tanks to these units and the high degree of professionalism of their crews, the IT Navy is able to express covert surveillance capabilities (intelligence) in different theaters.

From his entry into service, in February 2007, ITS Scirè took part in various exercises, NATO and homeland operations, focused on the Surveillance of the Wider Mediterranean and in particular on the fight against terrorism, narcotics trafficking, pollution and migration flows control.

The submarine has also extraordinary expeditionary capabilities and those have been proved in 2009, when ITS Scirè was deployed along US shores for the CONUS campaign, a complex series of exercise with the US Navy that took in place for more than five months.

From the operational point of view, Scirè has participated in several challenging activities:

Homeland Operation Mare Nostrum and Mare Sicuro, for migration control and SAR operation;
EU-led EUNAVFORMED Operation SOPHIA, for migration control and SAR operation;
NATO-led Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, counter terrorism and shipping traffic control.

ITS Scirè took part into various exercises too:

NATO-led Noble Manta, Noble Mariner and proud Manta, anti submarine warfare esxercises;
Homeland AMPHEX, exercise with amphibious forces;
SMEREX, international training for distressed submarine.

The "Todaro"-class submarines are underwater units operating in the Italian Navy and ITS Sciré entered into service on February 19, 2007.

The Type 212A vessels are the result of an Italy and Germany joint-venture program, based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Italian and German defense ministries on April 22, 1996.

The medium-sized Todaro-class submarines employ state-of-the-art technologies which allow advanced performances in many sectors including: stealthness, signatures, electro-acoustic systems and torpedo firing. Also the propulsion introduces important innovations, using fuel cells modules that, exploiting the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, represent a real alternative to the traditional diesel engine.

ITS Scirè is the second Italian submarine with this name. The first one belonged to the Adua Class and his name was chosen in memory of the region where took place a long battle during the Ethiopian War, in which the Italian army defeated Ras Immirù troops.

The first Scirè was protagonist of the so called "Impresa di Alessandria", when HMS Valiant (30.600 ton.), HMS Queen Elisabeth (30.600 ton.), HMS Jervis (1.690 ton.), the tanker s/s Sagona (7.554 ton.) and the RMS Durham (10.900 ton), were seriously damaged by Italian special forces.

The submarine was finally sunk after the HMS Islay in the august, 1942 and some parts of the wreck were recovered in 1984, thanks to ITS ANTEO.

Dislocamento in superficie:	1,450 tons
Dislocamento in Immersione:	1,830 tons
Lunghezza:	56 m
Larghezza:	7 m
Immersione:	6 m
Apparato di propulsione:	Diesel – electric; 1 MTU 16V SE 84 diesel; 1,810 hp(m) 1.35 (MW); 1 alternator; 1 SIEMENS PEM motor; 3,875 hp (m) (2.85 MW); 1 shaft; Siemens/HDW PEM 9 fuel cell (AIP) modules; 306 kW
Velocità in superficie:	12 knots
Velocità immersione:	20 knots
Armamento:	6 – 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes; water ram discharge; 12 Whitehead A 184 Mod 3; dual purpose; wire guided; active/ passive homing to 25 km (13,7 n miles) at 24 kt; 17 km (9.2 n miles) at 38 kt; warhead 250 kg.
Equipaggio:	27/34 (4 officers)

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