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{{Short description|Italian submarine class}}
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* {{navy|Empire of Japan}}
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|In commission range=1940–1945
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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1195|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
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|Ship length={{convert|76.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|6.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|4.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*[[Diesel-electric]]; 2 × [[Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico|CRDA]] [[diesel engine]]s
* 2 × [[Marelli]] [[electric motor]]s
|Ship speed=*{{convert|17.8|kn|km/h mph|lk=in|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
* {{convert|8.2|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}} (submerged)
|Ship range=*'''Surfaced:''' {{convert|2900|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|17|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}}; {{convert|10500|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}}
* '''Submerged:''' {{convert|8|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}}; {{convert|110|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|3|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=57
|Ship armament=* 8 × {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s<br>(4 [[Bow (ship)|bow]], 4 [[stern]])
* 1 × [[Škoda 10 cm K10#OTO 100.2F47 History|{{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} / 47&nbsp;caliber gun]]
* 4 × [[Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun|{{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} machine gun]]s
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The '''''Marconi'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of six [[submarine]]s built for the [[Regia Marina|Royal Italian Navy]] ({{langx|it|Regia Marina}}). The submarines were all launched between 1939 and 1940, and all but one, {{ship|Italian submarine|Luigi Torelli||2}}, were lost in the Atlantic during the [[World War II|Second World War]].

==Class members==
===''Guglielmo Marconi''===
''Guglielmo Marconi'' ([[pennant number]] MN) was launched 27 July 1939<ref name="k&p">Kafka & Pepperburg p.791</ref> and completed on 2 February 1940. On its first wartime patrol in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], ''Marconi'' torpedoed the [[Royal Navy]] [[destroyer]] {{HMS|Escort|H66|6}} on 8 July 1940. ''Marconi'' sailed on 6 September 1940 and passed the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] on 11 September for an Atlantic patrol to [[Bordeaux]] on 29 September. En route ''Marconi'' sank the neutral Spanish fishing boat ''Almirante Jose de Carranza''. ''Marconi'' sank one ship on its first [[BETASOM]] patrol from Bordeaux. After an unsuccessful patrol, ''Marconi'' sank three ships on its third BETASOM patrol and damaged a [[Yugoslavia]]n freighter on the following patrol which was later sunk by {{GS|U-126|1940|2}}. ''Marconi'' was lost to unknown causes sometime after 28 October 1941 on its fifth BETASOM patrol.<ref name="marconi">{{cite web |url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=27 |title=Regia Marina Italiana |publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships sunk by ''Marconi''<ref name="marconi"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | Patrol
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Tonnage ([[Gross register tonnage|{{abbr|GRT|gross register tons}}]])
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Escort|H66|6}}
| {{navy|United Kingdom}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 8 July 1940
| {{n/a}}
| Destroyer; 2 killed
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1940#9 November|Vingaland]]''
| {{flag|Sweden}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align: right;" | 9 November 1940
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,734 [[gross register tons]] (GRT)
| Freighter from [[Convoy HX 84]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in May 1941#30 May|Cairndale]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 5th
| style="text-align: right;" | 30 May 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,129
| Tanker; 4 killed
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1941#6 June|Baron Lovat]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 5th
| style="text-align: right;" | 6 June 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,395
| Freighter from [[Convoy OG 63]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1941#6 June|Taberg]]''
| {{flag|Sweden}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 5th
| style="text-align: right;" | 6 June 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,392
| Freighter from [[Convoy OG 63]], 6 survivors from a crew of 22
|-
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | Total:
| style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | 17,055
|
|}

===''Leonardo da Vinci''===
{{ship|Italian submarine|Leonardo da Vinci|1939|2}} (pennant number LV)<ref name="k&p"/> was launched 16 September 1939. ''da Vinci'' sailed on 22 September 1940 and passed the Strait of Gibraltar on 27 September for an Atlantic patrol to Bordeaux on 31 October. After unsuccessful patrols from 21 December to 20 January 1941 and from 4 April to 4 May, ''da Vinci'' sank one ship on its third BETASOM patrol. After another unsuccessful patrol from 15 August to 24 September, ''da Vinci'' sank two ships during [[Operation Neuland]] and four ships on the following patrol. After being modified to carry a [[midget submarine]], ''da Vinci'' sailed without the midget submarine and sank four ships. Sailing again without the midget submarine, ''da Vinci'' sank six ships on its last patrol. While attempting to return to Bordeaux, ''da Vinci'' was sunk on 23 May 1943 by the escorts of convoy KMF 15. There were no survivors. ''Leonardo da Vinci'' was the top scoring non-German submarine of the entire war.<ref name="vinci">{{cite web|url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=16|title=Regia Marina Italiana|publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo|access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref><ref>Clay Blair, ''Hitler's U-boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942'', p.740</ref><ref>The US Navy's most successful submarine, {{USS|Tang|SS-306|6}}, sank 116,454 GRT, while {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}}, the Royal Navy's most successful submarine, sank 93,031 GRT of shipping.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships sunk by ''da Vinci''<ref name="vinci"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | Patrol
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Tonnage ({{abbr|GRT|gross register tons}})
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1941#28 June|Auris]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 4th
| style="text-align: right;" | 28 June 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,030
| Tanker; 27 survivors from a crew of 59
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#25 February|Cadebello]]''
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 6th
| style="text-align: right;" | 25 February 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,557
| Freighter; no survivors
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#28 February|Everasma]]''
| {{flag|Latvia}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 6th
| style="text-align: right;" | 28 February 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,644
| Freighter from [[Convoy TAW 12]] torpedoed at {{coord|16|00|N|49|00|W|display=inline}}; 15 survivors
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#2 June|Reine Marie Stewart]]''
| {{flag|Panama}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 7th
| style="text-align: right;" | 2 June 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,087
| Schooner
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#7 June|Chile]]''
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 7th
| style="text-align: right;" | 7 June 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,956
| Freighter; 39 survivors from a crew of 44
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#10 June|Alioth]]''
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 7th
| style="text-align: right;" | 10 June 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,483
| Freighter; 8 survivors from a crew of 36
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#13 June|Clan Macquarrie]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 7th
| style="text-align: right;" | 13 June 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,471
| Collier; 1 killed from a crew of 90
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of Empire ships (U–Z)#Empire Zeal|Empire Zeal]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 8th
| style="text-align: right;" | 2 November 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,009
| Freighter
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#5 November|Andreas]]''
| {{flag|Greece}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 8th
| style="text-align: right;" | 5 November 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,566
| Freighter
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#10 November|Marcus Whitman]]''
| {{flag|United States|1912}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 8th
| style="text-align: right;" | 10 November 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,176
| [[Liberty ship]]; no casualties
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#11 November|Veerhaven]]''
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 8th
| style="text-align: right;" | 11 November 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,291
| Freighter; no casualties
|-
! scope="row" | {{RMS|Empress of Canada|1922|6}}
| {{flag|Canada|1921}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 9th
| style="text-align: right;" | 14 March 1943
| style="text-align: right;" | 21,517
| Troopship; 392 killed from 1,800 aboard
|-
! scope="row" | {{SS|Lulworth Hill||2}}
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 9th
| style="text-align: right;" | 18 March 1943
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,628
| Freighter
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in April 1943#17 April|Sembilan]]''
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 9th
| style="text-align: right;" | 17 April 1943
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,566
| Freighter
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in April 1943#18 April|Manar]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 9th
| style="text-align: right;" | 18 April 1943
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,007
| Freighter
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in April 1943#21 April|John Drayton]]''
| {{flag|United States|1912}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 9th
| style="text-align: right;" | 21 April 1943
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,177
| Liberty ship
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in April 1943#25 April|Doryessa]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 9th
| style="text-align: right;" | 25 April 1943
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,078
| Tanker; 11 survivors from a crew of 54
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | Total:
| style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | 120,243
|
|}

===''Michele Bianchi''===
{{ship|Italian submarine|Michele Bianchi||2}} (pennant number BH) was launched 3 December 1939.<ref name="k&p"/> Its first war patrol was in the Mediterranean Sea from 15 August to 3 September 1940. ''Bianchi'' sailed on 27 October 1940 and reached the Strait of Gibraltar on 3 November. The attempted transit to the Atlantic was detected by Royal Navy forces; and ''Bianchi'' took refuge in the neutral port of [[Tangier]]. ''Bianchi'' sailed from Tangier on 12 November and reached Bordeaux on 18 December 1940. ''Bianchi'' sank three ships on its first BETASOM patrol from Bordeaux; but the next patrol from 30 April to 30 May 1941 was unsuccessful. After sailing from Bordeaux on 4 July 1941, ''Bianchi'' was sunk with all hands by {{HMS|Tigris|N63|6}} on 5 July.<ref name="bianchi">{{cite web |url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=10 |title=Regia Marina Italiana |publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships sunk by ''Bianchi''<ref name="bianchi"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | Patrol
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Tonnage ({{abbr|GRT|gross register tons}})
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1941#14 February|Belcrest]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 4th
| style="text-align: right;" | 14 February 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,517
| Freighter from [[Convoy SC 21]]; no survivors
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1941#24 February|Huntingdon]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 4th
| style="text-align: right;" | 24 February 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 10,946
| Credit for sinking shared with {{GS|U-96|1940|2}}; no casualties
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1941#27 February|Baltistan]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 4th
| style="text-align: right;" | 27 February 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,803
| Freighter; 18 survivors from a crew of 69
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | Total:
| style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | 22,266
|
|}

===''Luigi Torelli''===
''Torelli'' (pennant number TI) was launched 6 January 1940.<ref name="k&p"/> After one short war patrol in the Mediterranean, ''Torelli'' sailed on 31 August 1940 and passed the Strait of Gibraltar on 8 September for an Atlantic patrol to Bordeaux on 5 October. ''Torelli'' sank four ships on its first BETASOM patrol; and, after an unsuccessful second patrol, sank one ship on a third patrol. After another unsuccessful patrol, ''Torelli'' assisted the three {{sclass|Calvi|submarine}}s on a rescue mission of 254 sailors from the sunken {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis}} in December 1941.

''Torelli'' sank two ships during Operation Neuland. ''Torelli'' again sailed from Bordeaux on 2 June 1942, but was twice damaged by aircraft and sought refuge in the neutral Spanish ports of [[Avilés]] and [[Santander, Cantabria]] before returning to Bordeaux on 15 July. After an extensive refit, ''Torelli'' was again damaged at sea by aircraft on 16 March 1943 and returned to Bordeaux on 3 April.<ref name="torelli">{{cite web |url= http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=44 |title=Regia Marina Italiana |publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref> ''Torelli'' was then selected for conversion to a "[[Merchant submarine|transport submarine]]" in order to exchange rare or irreplaceable trade goods with [[Japan]]. Cargo capacity of 160 tons reduced reserve buoyancy from 20–25% to 3.5–6%; and armament was reduced to defensive [[machine gun]]s. ''Torelli'' sailed as a transport submarine on 18 June 1943 and reached [[Penang]] on 27 August 1943.<ref>Brice pp. 129–133</ref>

====''UIT-25''====
''Torelli'' was commissioned into the German ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' as ''UIT-25'' when Italy capitulated to the Allies in September 1943.

====''I-504''====
''UIT-25'' was taken over by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] and became ''I-504'' when Germany surrendered in May 1945. ''I-504'' shot down a [[B-25 Mitchell]] bomber while under Japanese flag near the very end of the war in the Pacific,<ref>Willmott p.276</ref> allegedly the last success of a Japanese naval vessel in that conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comandosupremo.com/Fareast.html |title=Italian submarines and surface vessels in the far east: 1940-1945 |first=Alberto |last=Rosselli |date=19 March 2010 }}</ref> It was found at [[Kobe]] when Japan surrendered and scuttled by the [[United States Navy]] in [[Kii Suido]].<ref>Taylor pp.118-119, 140, 163</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships sunk by ''Torelli''<ref name="torelli"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | Patrol
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Tonnage ({{abbr|GRT|gross register tons}})
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in January 1941#15 January|Nemea]]''
| {{flag|Greece}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align: right;" | 15 January 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,198
| Freighter; 14 survivors from a crew of 31
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in January 1941#15 January|Brask]]''
| {{flag|Norway}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align: right;" | 15 January 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,079
| Freighter; 20 survivors from a crew of 32
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in January 1941#16 January|Nicolas Filinis]]''
| {{flag|Greece}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align: right;" | 16 January 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,111
| Freighter; 26 survivors from a crew of 29
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in January 1941#28 January|Urla]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align: right;" | 28 January 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,198
| Freighter; no casualties
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in July 1941#21 July|Ida Knudsen]]''
| {{flag|Norway}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 5th
| style="text-align: right;" | 21 July 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,913
| Tanker; 5 killed
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#19 February|Scottish Star]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 8th
| style="text-align: right;" | 19 February 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 7,224
| Freighter; 4 killed from a crew of 73
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#25 February|Esso Copenhagen]]''
| {{flag|Panama}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 8th
| style="text-align: right;" | 25 February 1942
| style="text-align: right;" | 9,245
| Tanker; 1 killed from a crew of 39
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | Total:
| style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | 42,968
|
|}

===''Alessandro Malaspina''===
{{ship|Italian submarine|Alessandro Malaspina||2}} (pennant number MP) was launched 18 February 1940<ref name="k&p"/> and completed on 20 June 1940. Its first patrol was through the Strait of Gibraltar on 3 August for an Atlantic patrol. ''Malaspina'' sank one ship before reaching Bordeaux on 4 September. Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] visited ''Malaspina'' on 30 September to welcome ''[[Regia Marina]]'' sailors to the German base. The first BETASOM patrols from 9 October to 9 November 1940, from 5 January to 28 February 1941 were unsuccessful; but during a third patrol ''Malaspina'' damaged the British liner ''Lycaon'' on 3 May 1941. ''Malaspina'' then sank two ships on the next patrol. ''Malaspina'' sailed from Bordeaux on 7 September 1941; and is believed to have been sunk on 10 September by [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF]] [[Short Sunderland]] "U".<ref name="malaspina">{{cite web |url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=24 |title=Regia Marina Italiana |publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships sunk by ''Malaspina''<ref name="malaspina"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | Patrol
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Tonnage ({{abbr|GRT|gross register tons}})
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in August 1940#12 August|British Fame]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 12 August 1940
| style="text-align: right;" | 8,406
| Tanker from [[Convoy OB 193]]; 3 killed from crew of 49
|-
! scope="row" | ''Lycaon''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 3rd
| style="text-align: right;" | 3 May 1941
| style="text-align: right;" |
| Passenger Liner. Damaged
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in July 1941#14 July|Nikiklis]]''
| {{flag|Greece}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 4th
| style="text-align: right;" | 14 July 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,576
| Freighter; 11 killed from crew of 28
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in July 1941#17 July|Guelma]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 4th
| style="text-align: right;" | 17 July 1941
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,402
| Freighter; no casualties
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | Total:
| style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | 16,384
|
|}

===''Maggiore Baracca''===
{{ship|Italian submarine|Maggiore Baracca||2}} (pennant number BC) was launched 21 April 1940<ref name="k&p"/> and completed on 10 July 1940. Its first patrol was through the Strait of Gibraltar on 7 September for an Atlantic patrol. ''Baracca'' sank one ship before reaching Bordeaux on 6 October. ''Baracca'' sank one ship on its first BETASOM patrol from Bordeaux, but last four patrols were unsuccessful. On the final patrol, ''Baracca'' was sunk by {{HMS|Croome|L62|6}} on 7 September 1941. Thirty-two members of the submarine crew survived the sinking.<ref name="baracca">{{cite web |url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=84&lid=1&cid=8 |title=Regia Marina Italiana |publisher=Cristiano D'Adamo |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ships sunk by ''Baracca''<ref name="baracca"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | Patrol
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Tonnage ({{abbr|GRT|gross register tons}})
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in October 1940#1 October|Aghios Nicolaus]]''
| {{flag|Greece}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 1st
| style="text-align: right;" | 1 October 1940
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,687
| Freighter
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[List of shipwrecks in November 1940#18 November|Lilian Moller]]''
| {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2nd
| style="text-align: right;" | 18 November 1940
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,866
| Freighter; no survivors
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan=4 style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | Total:
| style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" | 8,553
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Italian submarines of World War II]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|2}}

==References==
* [http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=165&lid=1 ''Marconi'' class at regiamarina.net]
* Bagnasco, Erminio (1977) ''Submarines of World War Two'' London, Cassell & Co, {{ISBN|1-85409-532-3}}
* Brice, Martin (1981) ''Axis Blockade Runners of World War II'' Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, {{ISBN|0-87021-908-1}}
* Kafka, Roger & Pepperburg, Roy L. (1946) ''Warships of the World'' Cornell Maritime Press
* Taylor, J.C. (1966) ''German Warships of World War II'' Doubleday & Company
* Willmott, H.P. (2009) ''The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922'' Indiana University Press, {{ISBN|0253352142}}

==External links==
* [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/Smg/marconi_01.aspx Guglielmo Marconi (1939)] Marina Militare website

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