Yugoslav submarine Smeli
- Displacement
- 630 long tons (640 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft)
- Beam
- 5.4 m (17.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
- Complement
- 43
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as Smeli1928 — 1941849 days of the war
- as Antonio Bajamonti17 April 1941 — 9 September 1943875 days of the war
- Name
- Smeli
- Namesake
- Daring
- Builder
- Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France
- Launched
- 1 December 1928
- Fate
- Scuttled by the Italians at La Spezia in Liguria
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 630 long tons (640 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 809 long tons (822 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft)
- Beam
- 5.4 m (17.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.8 m (12.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Complement
- 43
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Smeli was a Osvetnik-class submarine diesel-electric submarine of the Yugoslav Navy. The ship was named after Daring. She was built by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France. She was launched on 1 December 1928.
She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Hrabri-class submarine and was succeeded by the Sutjeska-class submarine.
The boat displaced 630 long tons surfaced and 809 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 5.4 m (18 ft). Her designed speed was 14.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 43.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She served with the Yugoslav Navy as Smeli until 1941. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as Antonio Bajamonti from 17 April 1941. She was in commission for 1,724 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shaft MAN diesel engines 1480 bhp, 2 × Nancy electric motors 1000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (4 × bow, 2 × stern)
- 1 × 100 mm gun
- 1 × 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
Sources
- Facts harvested from Yugoslav submarine Smeli on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.