Hrabri-class submarine

Hrabri class

Class overview
Builders:	Vickers Armstrong, Tyne
Operators:	Yugoslav Royal Navy  Yugoslav Navy
Succeeded by:	Osvetnik class
Built:	1925–1928
In commission:	1928–1954
Completed:	2
Retired:	2
Scrapped:	2
General characteristics
Type:	submarine
Displacement:	975 tons surfaced, 1164 tons submerged
Length:	72.05 m (236.4 ft)
Beam:	7.32 m (24.0 ft)
Draught:	3.96 m (13.0 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel electric, 2 diesels (2400 hp), 2 electric motors (1600hp)
Speed:	15.7 kn (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph) surfaced, 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth:	80 m (260 ft)
Complement:	45
Armament:	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (bow), 2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 machine gun

The Hrabri class were two submarines built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy in Great Britain during the 1920s. The boats fought in World War II.

Design

The ships were designed and built by Vickers Armstrong in Britain and were based on the British L class submarine. The design was considered obsolescent and the boats were obtained at a low price^[1] by using material assembled for the cancelled British submarines L67 and L68. The submarines were considered too large for Adriatic conditions and could only dive to 80 metres (260 ft).

Ships

Two boats were built by Vickers Armstrong on Tyneside

• Hrabri

Launched 1927

Captured by Italy in 1941, but scrapped due to her poor condition

• Nebojsa

Launched 1927

Escaped to Alexandria in 1941 and served with the British Mediterranean Fleet 1941–1944. Served as Tara in the post war Yugoslav Navy until scrapped in 1954

References

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946