Osvetnik class submarine

Class overview
Builders:	AC de la Loire, Nantes, France
Operators:	Royal Yugoslav Navy, Regia Marina
Preceded by:	Hrabri class submarine
Succeeded by:	Sutjeska class submarine
Built:	1928-1930
In commission:	1929-43
Completed:	2
Lost:	2
General characteristics
Type:	submarine
Displacement:	630 tons surfaced, 809 tons submerged
Length:	66.50 m
Beam:	5.40 m
Draught:	3.80 m
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel electric, 2 MAN diesels (1480 hp), 2 Nancy electric motors (1000hp)
Speed:	14.7 knots surfaced, 9.2 knots submerged
Test depth:	240 ft
Complement:	43
Armament:	6 550 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern ), 2 - 100mm gun 1 40mm gun

The Osvetnik class were a group of submarines built in France for the Yugoslav Royal Navy.

Design

The boats were built in France to a contemporary French design (by Simonot) and used French equipment.

Ships

Two boats were built by AC de La Loire, Nantes

• Osvetnik

Launched 14 January 1929.

Captured by Italy in April 1941, commissioned into the Regia Marina as the Francesco Rismondo.

Following the Italian armistice with the Allies, it was captured by the Germans in September 1943 and scuttled.

• Smeli

Launched 1 December 1928

Captured by Italy in April 1941, commissioned into the Regia Marina as the Antonio Biamonti

Scuttled in September 1943

References

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946