Katsonis 1928
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Κατσώνης [Katsonis] | Y1 | F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France | 1925 | 20.3.1926 | 6.1928 | sunk 14.9.1943 | |
| Παπανικολής [Papanikolis] | Y2 | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | 1925 | 19.11.1926 | 12.1927 | discarded 1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
? |
|
Displacement normal, t |
576 / 775 |
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Length, m |
62.4 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.30 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 mean 3.60 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Schneider-Carels diesels / 2 electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 / 1000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14 / 9.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(10) / 100(5) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 100/40 Schneider QF, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 7) |
|
Complement |
39 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Project history: Submarines ordered in in 1925. Schneider-Laubeuf design; very similar to French submarines of Circé 600t class. Two of four bow and both stern TTs were installed out of a pressure hull. 100mm gun took place on a fin structure. Tactical designations were Y1 and 2.
Modernizations: 1930s, both: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII
Naval service: Katsonis was sunk 14.9.1943 by German submarine chaser UJ2101 in Aegean sea. Papanicolis was stricken after hostilities end, but her CT was stored as a monument.
Katsonis 1928
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