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
Class overview
Name	Santa Fe-class submarine
Builders	Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto, Italy
Operators	Argentine Navy
Built	1928-1958
In service	1932-1960
In commission	1933-1960
Planned	3
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	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	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 4 stern); 1 × 102 mm (4.0 in)/35 gun; 1 × 40 mm (1.6 in)/60 gun;
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.^{[citation needed]} The class was named after Argentine provinces starting with “S”, as traditional in the Argentine Navy.^[1]

Design[]

Service history[]

Specifications[]

Ships in class[]

Pennant Number	Other names	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Service entry	Decommissioning
S-1	none	Franco Tosi, Taranto	1928	28 July 1931	1932	1956^{[n 1]}
S-2	pennant to S-3 (later date, unconfirmed)	Franco Tosi, Taranto	1928	28 March 1932	1933	1959^{[n 2]}
S-3	pennant to S-2 (later date, unconfirmed)	Franco Tosi, Taranto	1928	17 January 1932	1933	1960^{[n 3]}

Footnotes[]

^ Scrapped by Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares (date not confirmed).
^ Sold to Roberto Aguirre and used as oil hulk at the Buenos Aires port.
^ Sold to Aaron Gutman in 1961; final fate unconfirmed.

References[]

Notes[]

^ Historia - Tradiciones - Nombres de buques Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (in Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Navy (accessed 2016-12-29)

Bibliography[]

Gardiner, Robert (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. p. 675. ISBN 978-155-75013-25.
Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.

External links[]

“Tarantinos” class submarines - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarinos Clase “Tarantinos”) (accessed 2016-12-30)
“Santa Fe” submarine S1 - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarino “Santa Fe” S1) (accessed 2016-12-31)
“Santiago del Estero” submarine S2 later S3 - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarino “Santiago del Estero” S2 luego S3) (accessed 2016-12-31)
“Salta” submarine S3 later S2 - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Submarino “Salta” S3 luego S2) (accessed 2016-12-31)

[2] Scrapped by Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares (date not confirmed).

[3] Sold to Roberto Aguirre and used as oil hulk at the Buenos Aires port.

[4] Sold to Aaron Gutman in 1961; final fate unconfirmed.

[1] Historia - Tradiciones - Nombres de buques Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (in Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Navy (accessed 2016-12-29)

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