Hrabri class submarine
Hrabri underway in 1934
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Vickers-Armstrong Naval Yard, River Tyne, United Kingdom |
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| Succeeded by: | Osvetnik class |
| Built: | 1925–27 |
| In commission: | 1928–54 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
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| Type: | Diesel-electric submarine |
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| Length: | 72.05 m (236 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 7.32 m (24 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.96 m (13 ft) |
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| Range: | 3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 45 |
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The Hrabri class consisted of two submarines built by the Vickers-Armstrong Naval Yard, on the River Tyne, in the United Kingdom, for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). Launched in 1927, the vessels were named Hrabri (Brave) and Nebojša (Fearless). Their design was based on that of the British L-class submarine of World War I, and they were built using parts originally assembled for L-class submarines that were never completed. The Hrabri-class were the first submarines to serve in the Royal Yugoslav Navy, and the class was joined by the two smaller French-made Osvetnik-class submarines to make up the pre-war Yugoslav submarine force. They were armed with six bow-mounted 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes, two 102 mm (4 in) guns and one machine gun, and could dive to 60 metres (200 ft).
Prior to World War II both submarines participated in cruises to Mediterranean ports. Hrabri was captured by Italian forces in April 1941 during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. She was never commissioned by the Italians and was subsequently scrapped. Nebojša evaded capture, and served with British submarine forces in the Mediterranean as an anti-submarine warfare training boat until the end of the war. Following the war, she served in the Yugoslav Navy as Tara in a training role until 1954, when she was stricken.
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