Toti-class submarine

The Toti class was a group of four small submarines built for the Italian Navy in the 1960s. They were the first submarines designed and built in Italy since the Second World War and were conceived as hunter-killer boats for finding and attacking other submarines, in the same role as the German Type 205 and the French Arethuse class. All four were built at the Monfalcone yard in Gorizia by Italcantieri, the shipbuilder that became part of Fincantieri. The lead boat, Enrico Toti, was laid down in 1965, launched in 1967 and commissioned in 1968. After retirement the boats were kept as museum pieces: Enrico Toti is displayed at the Leonardo da Vinci science and technology museum in Milan, and another boat of the class is shown at the Arsenale in Venice.