Katsonis-class submarine
Class overview | |
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Name | Katsonis class |
Builders |
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Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Delfin class |
Succeeded by | Protefs class |
Built | 1925–1927[2][3] |
In commission | 1927–1945[1] |
Completed | 2[1] |
Lost | 1[1][2] |
Retired | 1[1][3] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 62.5 m (205 ft)[2][3] |
Beam | 5.3 m (17 ft)[2][3] |
Draft | 3.6 m (12 ft)[2][3] |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)[1] |
Endurance | 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) submerged @ 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)[1] |
Test depth | 260 ft (80 m)[1] |
Complement | 30[2][3] |
Armament |
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The Katsonis class was a French-built class of two submarines for the Hellenic Navy, serving from 1927–28 until the Second World War. The ships of the class were the first new submarines acquired by Greece after the First World War.
Appearance and characteristics
In general, they were similar to the French Navy's Circé-class submarines, of Schneider-Laubeuf design, but the conning tower was larger in order to accommodate the rotating platform of the 100 mm gun.[1]
Ships
Katsonis class submarines | |||||
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Name | Pennant number | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Katsonis | Y-1 | Chantiers de la Gironde | 20 March 1926 | 8 June 1928 | Sunk by a German submarine chaser on 14 September 1943.[1][2] |
Papanikolis | Y-2 | Chantiers de la Loire | 19 November 1926 | 21 December 1927 | Decommissioned in 1945 and later scrapped. Its conning tower has been preserved, and is exhibited at the Hellenic Maritime Museum.[1][3] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 405. ISBN 0-87021-907-3. OCLC 12119866.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Katsonis Y-1 (1928–1943)". Hellenic Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Papanikolis Y-2 (1927–1945)". Hellenic Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2010-11-04.