The ''Toti'' class were submarines built for the Italian Navy in the 1960s. They were the first submarines designed and built in Italy since

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. These boats were small and designed as "hunter killer" anti-submarine submarines. They are comparable to the German

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s and the French s.

Ships

All four ships were built by Italcantieri (Fincantieri) to

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Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...

) shipyard.

References

External links

S506 Enrico Toti (Enrico Toti Class)
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– Official Site for the Enrico Toti submarine museum, Milan
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