Santa Fe-class submarine (1931)
The 3 "Santa Fe"-class submarines in Mar del Plata, in the background mother ship ARA "General Belgrano", date unknown
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Santa Fe-class submarine |
| Builders: | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto, Italy |
| Operators: |
 Argentine Navy
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| Built: | 1928-1958 |
| In service: | 1932-1960 |
| In commission: | 1933-1960 |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Santa Fe class submarine |
| Displacement: | 935 (surface) to 1,155 (submerged) tons |
| Length: | 64.24 m (210.8 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.68 m (21.9 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.05 m (16.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft; surface: 2 × Tosi diesel engines @ 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW), 90 tons oil; submerged: 1 x electric motors @ 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) |
| Speed: | surface: 17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h); submerged: 8.5 knots (9.8 mph; 15.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 7100 nautical miles @ ?kn |
| Test depth: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
2 periscopes |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | none |
| Notes: | Specifications from “Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships, 1947-1995” and “Histarmar” website. |
The Santa Fe-class submarines were a class of three pre-World War II submarines, designed and built in Italy in 1928-1933, as part of an Argentine expansion plan for its navy. They were in service with the Argentine Navy from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. The class was named after Argentine provinces starting with “S”, as traditional in the Argentine Navy.
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