Engineering:Santa Fe-class submarine (1931)
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 The 3 "Santa Fe"-class submarines in Mar del Plata, in the background mother ship ARA "General Belgrano", date unknown
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Santa Fe-class submarine |
| Builders: | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto, Italy |
| Operators: |
 Argentine Navy |
| Built: | 1928-1958 |
| In service: | 1932-1960 |
| In commission: | 1933-1960 |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | submarine |
| Displacement: | 935 (surface) to 1,155 (submerged) tons |
| Length: | 64.24 m (210.8 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.68 m (21.9 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.05 m (16.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft; surface: 2 × Tosi diesel engines @ 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW), 90 tons oil; submerged: 1 x electric motors @ 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) |
| Speed: | surface: 17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h); submerged: 8.5 knots (9.8 mph; 15.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 7100 nautical miles @ ?kn |
| Test depth: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 2 periscopes |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | none |
| Notes: | Specifications from “Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships, 1947-1995” and “Histarmar” website. |
The Santa Fe-class submarines were a class of three pre-World War II submarines, designed and built in Italy in 1928-1933, as part of an Argentine expansion plan for its navy. They were in service with the Argentine Navy from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. [citation needed] The class was named after Argentine provinces starting with “S”, as traditional in the Argentine Navy.[1]
Design
Service history
Specifications
Ships in class
| Ship Name | Pennant Number | Other names | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Service entry | Decommissioning |
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| Santa Fe | S-1 | none | Franco Tosi, Taranto | 1928 | 28 July 1931 | 1932 | 1956[n 1] |
| Santiago del Estero | S-2 | pennant to S-3 (later date, unconfirmed) | Franco Tosi, Taranto | 1928 | 28 March 1932 | 1933 | 1959[n 2] |
| Salta | S-3 | pennant to S-2 (later date, unconfirmed) | Franco Tosi, Taranto | 1928 | 17 January 1932 | 1933 | 1960[n 3] |
See also
- List of ships of the Argentine Navy
- Italian submarines of World War II
- Submarine Force Command
Footnotes
References
Notes
- ↑ Historia - Tradiciones - Nombres de buques Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (in Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Navy (accessed 2016-12-29)
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. pp. 675. ISBN 978-155-75013-25.
- Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972) (in es). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.
Further reading
- Burzio, Humberto (1960) (in es). Armada Nacional. Secretaria de Estado de Marina.
- Burzaco, Ricardo (1999) (in es). SUBMARINOS DE LA ARMADA ARGENTINA 1933 - 2000. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Eugenio B. ISBN 9789879676417. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/SUBMARINOS-ARMADA-ARGENTINA-1933-2000-Burzaco/10651483586/bd.
External links
- “Tarantinos” class submarines - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarinos Clase “Tarantinos”) (accessed 2016-12-30)
- “Santa Fe” submarine S1 - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarino “Santa Fe” S1) (accessed 2016-12-31)
- “Santiago del Estero” submarine S2 later S3 - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarino “Santiago del Estero” S2 luego S3) (accessed 2016-12-31)
- “Salta” submarine S3 later S2 - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarino “Salta” S3 luego S2) (accessed 2016-12-31)
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