Italian submarine Enrico Toti
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| Name: | Enrico Toti |
| Namesake: | Enrico Toti |
| Builder: | Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard |
| Laid down: | 26 January 1925 |
| Launched: | 14 April 1928 |
| Commissioned: | 19 September 1928 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 April 1943 |
| Motto: | Vincere ad ogni costo (Win at all costs) |
| Nickname(s): | Toti |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Balilla-class submarine |
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| Length: | 86.75 m (284 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 4.79 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
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| Complement: | 7 officers, 70 seamen |
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| Armour: | . |
Enrico Toti was a Balilla-class Italian submarine laid down on 26 January 1925 at the Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard, located in Muggiano, La Spezia. She was one of four in her class, launched on 14 April 1928 and commissioned on 19 September. Her name pays homage to Enrico Toti, a First World War combatant posthumously awarded the Italian Gold Medal. The submarine is notable as being the only Italian submarine to have sunk a Royal Navy submarine during the Second World War.
During the Second World War the Enrico Toti was assigned to the Italian 4th Submarine Group’s 40th Squadron.
HMS Triad was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy that had set sail from Malta on 9 October 1940 under the command of Lieutenant-Commander G.S. Salt to join the 1st Submarine Flotilla at Alexandria. In the early hours of 15 October at 38°16′N 17°37′E / 38.267°N 17.617°E, off the Gulf of Taranto, she encountered the Enrico Toti, commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Bandino Bandini.
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