NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Nautilus			R. Arsenale di Venezia	8/1911	25.4.1913	9/1913	discarded 7.1919
Nereide			R. Arsenale di Venezia	8/1911	12.7.1913	12/1913	sunk 5.8.1915

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	225 / 320
Length, m	41.0
Breadth, m	4.30
Draught, m	2.85
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Sulzer diesels / 2 Ansaldo electric motors
Power, h. p.	600 / 320
Max speed, kts	13.2 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1000(10) / 14(7)
Armament	2 - 450 TT (bow, 4)
Complement	19
Diving depth operational, m	40

Standard scale images

Project history

First class of submarines designed by Eng Lt Commander Curio Bernardis, who became a well-known submarine designer. Their hulls were similar to those of a torpedo-boat. Originally it was planned to have a third TT on the deck, but this was not mounted.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Nereide sunk 5.8.1915 near Pelagosa Is (Adriatic), by torpedoes of the Austrian submarine U5.