Osvetnik-class submarine
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | AC de la Loire, Nantes, France |
| Operators: |
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| Preceded by: | Hrabri-class submarine |
| Succeeded by: | Sutjeska-class submarine |
| Built: | 1928–1930 |
| In commission: | 1929–1943 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | submarine |
| Displacement: | 630 tons surfaced, 809 tons submerged |
| Length: | 66.5 m (218 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.4 m (18 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2-shaft diesel electric 2 × MAN diesels (1,480 hp (1,100 kW)) 2 × Nancy electric motors (1,000 hp (750 kW)) |
| Speed: |
14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph) surfaced 9.2 knots (17.0 km/h; 10.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 240 ft (73 m) |
| Complement: | 43 |
| Armament: |
6 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern ) 2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 1 × 40 mm (1.6 in) gun |
The Osvetnik class were a group of submarines built in France for the Yugoslav Royal Navy.
Design
The boats were built in France to a contemporary French design (by Simonot) and used French equipment.
Ships
Two boats were built by AC de La Loire, Nantes
- Osvetnik
- Launched 14 January 1929.
- Captured by Italy in April 1941, commissioned into the Regia Marina as Francesco Rismondo.
- Following the Italian armistice with the Allies, captured by the Germans in September 1943 and scuttled.
- Smeli
- Launched 1 December 1928
- Captured by Italy in April 1941, commissioned into the Regia Marina as Antonio Biamonti
- Scuttled in September 1943
References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
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