Military Wiki
Osvetnik-class submarine
Class overview
Builders: AC de la Loire, Nantes, France
Operators: Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Royal Navy
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned Regia Marina
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
All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Osvetnik-class submarine and the edit history here.