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SUBMARINES

N1 small submarines (1918-1919)

N1 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
N1     Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 3.1916 6.9.1917 7.1918 stricken 10.1930
N2     Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 3.1916 26.1.1918 12.1918 stricken 5.1928
N3     Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 3.1916 27.4.1918 10.1918 stricken 8.1935
N4     Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 3.1916 6.10.1918 4.1919 stricken 8.1935
N5     Tosi, Taranto 8.1916 18.11.1917 1.1919 stricken 7.1929
N6     Tosi, Taranto 8.1916 20.9.1918 6.1919 stricken 8.1935

   

Displacement standard, t

262

Displacement normal, t

277 / 363

Length, m

45.8

Breadth, m

4.28

Draught, m

3.17

No of shafts

2

Machinery

N1 - 4: 2 Sulzer diesels / 2 Ansaldo electric motors

N5, 6: 2 Tosi diesels / 2 Ansaldo electric motors

Power, h. p.

N1 - 4: 650 - 400 / 400

N5, 6: 700 - 820 / 400 - 450

Max speed, kts

N1 - 4: 12.5 / 7.6

N5, 6: 13.5 / 7.9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 9 - 10

Endurance, nm(kts)

N1 - 4: 1300(9) / 80(2)

N5, 6: 1485(9) / 120(2)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/30 A1914, 2 - 450 TT (bow, 4)

Complement

23

Diving depth operational, m 40

Project history: Increased and improved Nautilus. N5 and N6 had more powerful diesels.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

N1 1918

N4 post-war

 

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