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Katsonis 1928

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Κατσώνης [Katsonis]	Y1		F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France	1925	20.3.1926	6.1928	sunk 14.9.1943
Παπανικολής [Papanikolis]	Y2		A C de la Loire, Nantes, France	1925	19.11.1926	12.1927	discarded 1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	?
Displacement normal, t	576 / 775
Length, m	62.4 pp 62.5 oa
Breadth, m	5.30
Draught, m	3.40 mean 3.60 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Schneider-Carels diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1200 / 1000
Max speed, kts	14 / 9.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(10) / 100(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 100/40 Schneider QF, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 7)
Complement	39
Diving depth operational, m	80

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Project history

Submarines ordered in in 1925. Schneider-Laubeuf design; very similar to French submarines of Circé 600t class. Two of four bow and both stern TTs were installed out of a pressure hull. 100mm gun took place on a fin structure. Tactical designations were Y1 and 2.

Modernizations

1930s, both: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII

Naval service

 Katsonis was sunk 14.9.1943 by German submarine chaser UJ2101 in Aegean sea. Papanicolis was stricken after hostilities end, but her CT was stored as a monument.