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Glafkos 1929

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Πρωτεύς [Protefs]	Y3		A C de la Loire, Nantes, France	1927	24.10.1928	8.1929	sunk 29.12.1940
Νηρεύς [Nirefs]	Y4		A C de la Loire, Nantes, France	1927	12.1927	3.1930	stricken 5.1947
Τρίτων [Triton]	Y5		A C de la Loire, Nantes, France	1927	4.4.1928	3.1930	sunk 16.11.1942
Γλαύκος [Glafkos]	Y6		CNF, Blainville, France	1927	1928	12.1930	sunk 4.4.1942

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	730
Displacement normal, t	790 / 960
Length, m	68.6 pp
Breadth, m	5.73
Draught, m	4.18
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1420 / 1200
Max speed, kts	14 / 9.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 105
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10) / 100(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 100/40 Schneider QF, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 8 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 stern, 10)
Complement	41
Diving depth operational, m	85

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Project history

Submarines ordered in France in 1925. Loire-Simonot design; very similar to French submarines of Sirene 600t class. In comparison with Katsonis class structure of torpedo armament was changed, all TTs took places in a pressure hull. The arrangement of 102mm gun has been fulfilled lowered: on a deck in shielded barbette for stability improvement. Tactical designations were Y3-6.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

 Protefs was sunk 29.12.1940 by ramming of Italian torpedo boat Antares at coast of Albania. Glafkos was lost 4.4.1942 during raid of German and Italian bombers to Malta. Triton was sunk 16.11.1942 by German destroyer Hermes (former Greek Vassilefs Georgios) and submarine chaser UJ2102 in Aegean sea. Nirefs was stricken 3.5.1947, but broken up only in 1952.