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MATROZOS submarine (1936/1942)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ματρώζος [Matrozos] (ex-P712, ex-Perla) Y7   CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy 8/1935 3.5.1936 7.1936 // 12.1942 discarded 1945


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

680 / 844

Length, m

60.2

Breadth, m

6.45

Draught, m

4.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Fiat diesels / 2 CRDA electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 800

Max speed, kts

14 / 7.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 80

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 100/47 M1935, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12)

Electronic equipmenthydrophone
Complement

45

Diving depth operational, m80


Standard scale images


<i>Matrozos</i> 1943
Matrozos 1943


Project history

Italian medium submarine Perla of 600t type. She was captured 9.7.1942 off Beirut by British corvette Hyacynth and commissioned by Royal Navy as P712; 5.12.1942 she was transferred to Hellenic Navy as Matrozos. Tactical designation was Y7.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.