Salta 1933
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Santa Fe | S1 | 34 | Tosi, Taranto, Italy | 1928 | 27/7/1931 | 1933 | stricken 9/1956 |
Santiago del Estero | S2 | 36 | Tosi, Taranto, Italy | 1928 | 28/3/1932 | 1/1933 | stricken 4/1959 |
Salta | S3 | 35 | Tosi, Taranto, Italy | 1928 | 17/1/1932 | 1/1933 | stricken 8/1960 |
Displacement standard, t |
755 |
Displacement normal, t |
935 / 1155 |
Length, m |
69.2 |
Breadth, m |
6.68 |
Draught, m |
5.05 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
Tosi diesels / electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
3000 / 1400 |
Max speed, kts |
17.5 / 9 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 90 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
7100(8) / 80(4) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/40 Odero-Terni, 2 x 1 - 8/80, 8 - 533 TT (4 bow, 4 stern) |
Complement |
40 |
Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Ship project history: Submarines were designed by Tosi on a basis of Italian Settembrini, in the Argentina references figure as Tarantinos class (i.e. constructed in Taranto). The contract by 208,000£ for one boat unit was concluded 29/9/1926. Saddle-tank hull. Pressure hull was shared on 5 compartments, the central station was a bulk hold-refuge. Submarines arrived to Argentina 7/4/1933. For their basing old armoured cruiser General Belgrano was used.
Modernizations: 1940s, all: + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 1
Naval service: No significant events.
Santiago del Estero 1937
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