Santa Fe-class submarine (1931)

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.[1]

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:
Armour: none
Notes: Specifications from “Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships, 1947-1995” and “Histarmar” website.

Design

Service history

Specifications

Ships in class
Ship Name Pennant Number Other names Builder Laid down Launched Service entry Decommissioning
Santa Fe S-1 none Franco Tosi, Taranto 1928 28 July 1931 1932 1956[n 1]
Santiago del Estero S-2 pennant to S-3 (later date, unconfirmed) Franco Tosi, Taranto 1928 28 March 1932 1933 1959[n 2]
Salta S-3 pennant to S-2 (later date, unconfirmed) Franco Tosi, Taranto 1928 17 January 1932 1933 1960[n 3]
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See also

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

References

Notes
  1. 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.

Further reading
  • Burzio, Humberto (1960). Armada Nacional (in Spanish). Secretaria de Estado de Marina.
  • Burzaco, Ricardo (1999). SUBMARINOS DE LA ARMADA ARGENTINA 1933 - 2000 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Eugenio B. ISBN 9789879676417.
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