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Santiago del Estero 1937 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

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

Technical data

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	2 Tosi diesels / 2 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)
Electronic equipment	hydrophone
Complement	40
Diving depth operational, m	80

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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.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.