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| Transferred to the [[Spain under Franco|Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War]] in 1937, renamed ''General Sanjurjo''. Torpedoed the Republican cruiser [[Almirante Cervera class cruiser|''Miguel de Cervantes'']], Stricken in 1959<ref name=RevistaNaval-Mola /> |
| Transferred to the [[Spain under Franco|Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War]] in 1937, renamed ''General Sanjurjo''. Torpedoed the Republican cruiser [[Almirante Cervera class cruiser|''Miguel de Cervantes'']] in 1937, sunk the Dutch steamer ''Hanna'' and the British ''Endymion'' in early 1938.<ref>Thomas, Hugh: ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Simon & Schuster, 1994, page 795.ISBN 0671758764</ref> Stricken in 1959<ref name=RevistaNaval-Mola /> |
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Revision as of 15:23, 12 October 2009
The Archimede class were a group of submarines built for the Italian Navy in the early 1930s. The boats fought in the Spanish Civil War (under nationalist colours) and in World War II. Under Spanish colors, these boats were known as the General Mola class
Design
The ships were designed by the firm Cavallini and were a partially double hulled design. They were an enlarged version of the Settembrini class submarine with greater range and torpedo capacity for ocean service.
Ships
All ships were built by the shipyard of Franco Tosi.
| Ship | namesake | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archimede | Archimedes | 10 December 1933 | Transferred to the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War in 1937, renamed General Mola, Stricken in 1959[1] |
| Galileo Ferraris | Galileo Ferraris | 11 August 1934 | Sunk 25 October 1941 near Gibraltar by HMS Lamerton |
| Galileo Galilei | Galileo Galilei | 19 March 1934 | Captured by British armed trawler HMS Moonstone in the Red Sea, Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS X2, scrapped 1946 |
| Torricelli (sometimes listed as Evangelista Torricelli) | Evangelista Torricelli | 27 March 1934 | Transferred to the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War in 1937, renamed General Sanjurjo. Torpedoed the Republican cruiser Miguel de Cervantes in 1937, sunk the Dutch steamer Hanna and the British Endymion in early 1938.[2] Stricken in 1959[1] |
References
- ^ Thomas, Hugh: The Spanish Civil War. Simon & Schuster, 1994, page 795.ISBN 0671758764
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
