Ronis 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ронис <Ronis> (ex-Ronis) | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | 1925 | 1/7/1926 | 1927 // 8/1940 | scuttled 24/6/1941 | |
| Спидола <Spidola< (ex-Spidola) | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | 1925 | 6/10/1926 | 1927 // 8/1940 | scuttled 24/6/1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
390 / 514 |
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Length, m |
55.0 |
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Breadth, m |
4.80 |
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Draught, m |
3.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
1300 / 700 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 19 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1600(14) / |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1925, 6 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 x 2 turnable, 8) |
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Complement |
27 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
50 |
Ship project history: Former Latvian Ronis and Spidola.
Ordered in France under project of Simoneaut. Single-hulled submarines with traditional for
French submarines arrangement of TTs: 2 fixed in
a bow of a pressure hull and 2 twin trained on deck, out of a pressure
hull (thanks to protective boards they entered into light hull
lines). Trained deck TTs can be reloaded only in base.
With occurrence of Latvia into the USSR 19/8/1940 both entered Red Navy, but at once have been put into
repair and never been maintained by Soviet crews.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Ronis and Spidola 23/6/1941 were blown up at Libava. They were salvaged by Germans and scrapped in 1943.
Spidola
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