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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
González López (ex-Iride)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	9.1935	30.7.1936	11.1936 // 10.1937	to Italy 1.1938 (Iride)
Aguilar Tablada (ex-Onice)			OTO, Muggiano, Italy	8.1935	15.6.1936	9.1936 // 10.1937	to Italy 1.1938 (Onice)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	622 - 626
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)	2500(12) / 74(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 100/47 OTO 1935, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12),
Electronic equipment	hydrophone
Complement	45
Diving depth operational, m	80

Standard scale images

Project history

In connection with repair of submarines General Mola and General Sanjurjo in September-November, 1937 at Taranto, Italians as their time replacement in October, 1937 secretly transferred to Spanish Nationalists four other submarines: two of Archimede class and two medium submarines of Perla class. Archimede class boats (Galileo Galilei and Galileo Ferraris) received Spanish "secret" names General Mola II and General Sanjurjo II for concealment of fact of repair of "original" submarines in Italy, medium submarines Onice and Iride, respectively received Spanish names Aguilar Tablada and Gonzáles López. Actually transfer of these four submarines had purely fictitious character: boats had Italian crews and talian commanders. On General Mola II and General Sanjurjo II Spaniards were presented by one mate and 6 motormen for each boat, on two other submarines there were only Spanish chief mates. In Italian Navy these submarines were registered as "legionary" and in this connection were conditionally designated as L1-4.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All four submarines already in the January, 1938 were returned to Italians.