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Osvetnik 1930 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Смели [Smeli]		569	A C de la Loire, Nantes, France	1928	1.12.1928	1929	captured by Italy 17.4.1941 (N2 Antonio Bajamonti)
Осветник [Osvetnik]		570	A C de la Loire, Nantes, France	1928	14.2.1929	1929	captured by Italy 17.4.1941 (N1 Francesco Rismondo)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	?
Displacement normal, t	655 / 822
Length, m	66.5 pp 69.1 oa
Breadth, m	5.40
Draught, m	3.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels / 2 Nancy electric motors
Power, h. p.	1480 / 1100
Max speed, kts	14.5 / 9.2
Fuel, t	diesel oil 25
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(9) / 100(4.5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 100/40 (fr), 6 - 550 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12)
Complement	45
Diving depth operational, m	80

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Project history

Designed and built in France on a basis of French submarine Sirene to with close characteristics. Most significant differences consisted in absence of trained TT mount, replacement of 75mm gun by 100mm, more powerful machinery. Double-hulled. Both submarines arrived to Yugoslavia 9.12.1929.

Modernizations

1930s, both: + 1 x 1 - 40/64 Škoda

Naval service

17.4.1941 Smeli and Osvetnik were captured at Kotor and commissioned by Regia Marina as Francesco Rismondo and Antonio Baiamonti. Former 14.9.1943 was captured by German troops at Bonifaccio (Corsica) and 17.9.1943 scuttled by them, latter was scuttled by crew 9.9.1943 at La Spezia.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.