The Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto (Tosi Shipyard at Taranto) is a defunct Italian shipyard founded in 1914 by engineering company Franco Tosi & C. Between World War I and World War II it specialized in building

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

s. The company never really recovered from the devastation from World War II and it was one of the first acquisitions of the newly formed financial holding company,

Fincantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...

, on 29 December 1959. The shipyard closed on 31 December 1990.

History

Ships built

Some of the vessels built at this shipyard are listed below.

Submarines

For the

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* N class : 2 of 6 units, built 1917-19 * ''Mameli'' class : 4 units, built 1926–28 * ''Bragadin'' class : 2 units, built 1929–30 * ''Settembrini'' class : 2 units, built 1930–31 * ''Argonauta'' class : 2 of 7 units, built 1931–32 * ''Sirena'' class : 2 of 12 units, built 1933 * ''Archimede'' class : 4 units, built 1933–34 * ''Micca'' class : 1 unit, built 1935 * ''Adua'' class : 4 of 17 units, built 1936–38 * ''Foca'' class : 3 units, built 1937–38 * ''Brin'' class : 5 units, built 1938–39 * ''Liuzzi'' class : 4 units, built 1939–40 * ''Acciaio'' class : 3 of 13 units, built 1941–42 * ''Romolo'' class : 2 of 12 units built, 1943 * ''Flutto'' class (Type I): 2 units 1943 (not completed) For the

Marina Militare The Italian Navy (; abbreviated as MM) is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the '' Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy) after World War II. , the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active pe ...

* ''Pietro Calvi'' (1959) For foreign navies * ''Santa Fe'' (1931) -

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* ''Santiago del Estero'' (1932) - Argentine Navy * ''Salta'' (1932) - Argentine Navy

Warships

* ''Tarantola'' (1942) - ammunition transport,

* ''Canopo'' D-570 (1955) - frigate,

* ''Cigno'' D-572 (1955) - frigate, Marina Militare * ''Castore'' D-573 (1955) - frigate, Marina Militare * ''Trifoglio'' M 5541 (1955) - minesweeper, Marina Militare

Other ships

* ''Principessa Giovanna'' (1923) - passenger ship, later converted to hospital ship * ''Epomeo'' (1929) - passenger ship, later converted to auxiliary cruiser * ''Lago Zuai'' (1939) - cargo ship, later converted to auxiliary cruiser * ''Sestriere'' (1943) - passenger shipThe Fleets - Giacomo Costa, fu Andrea / Costa Armatori S.p.A. / Costa Crociere S.p.A. / Costa Line - The Ships List website
(''accessed 2016-12-27'') * ''Sises '' (1948) - passenger ship * Paşabahçe (1952) - laid down for

during WWII, later converted to passenger ship for İstanbul Şehir Hatları

References

Bibliography

* {{coord missing, Italy Shipyards of Italy Franco Tosi Meccanica Fincantieri Shipbuilding companies of Italy Former submarine builders