Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Regia Marina — Submarine class

Osvetnik-class submarine

The class in numbers

  • 2 Completed
  • 2 Lost

Design and service

Type
Submarine
Navy
Regia Marina
Built
1928–1929
In commission
1928–1943
Preceded by
Hrabri-class submarine
Succeeded by
Sutjeska-class submarine
Builders
  • Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, surfaced
630 long tons (640 t)
Displacement, submerged
809 long tons (822 t)
Length
66.4 m (217.8 ft) OA
Speed
14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
Complement
44
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)
Armament
  • 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (4 × bow, 2 × stern)
  • 12 × torpedoes or 25 × sea mines
  • 1 × 100 mm L/35 gun
  • 1 × 40 mm L/67 anti-aircraft gun

Roster

Holding 1 of the 2 hulls recorded for this class. Vessels transferred to another navy are catalogued under the navy that sailed them and appear there instead.

Vessel Pennant Commissioned Fate
Yugoslav submarine Smeli 1928 Scuttled

Sources