Santa Fe-class submarine

The Santa Fe-class submarines, also known as the Tarantinos after the city in which they were built,[1] 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.[2]

The 3 "Santa Fe"-class submarines in Mar del Plata, in the background mother ship ARA "General Belgrano", date unknown
Class overview
NameSanta Fe-class submarine
BuildersCantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto, Italy
Operators Argentine Navy
Built1928-1958
In service1932-1960
In commission1933-1960
Planned3
Completed3
Retired3

Design

All three ships in the Santa Fe class were built by the Franco Tosti Shipyard in Taranto, Italy.[3]

Service history

Santa Fe[3]

The Santa Fe was launched July 29, 1931 and was affirmed the national flag on October 26, 1932. It, along with its twins, "Santiago del Estero" and "Salta", sailed to Buenos Aires where it arrived April 7, 1933. It received its combat flag in its namesake port of Santa Fe on October 15, 1933. It arrived in Mar del Plata on September 1, 1933, where it was used until its decommissioning in 1956 for the training of Navy personnel.

In a strong storm in the July 1938, the Santa Fe rescued a fishing boat in the waters of Cape Corrientes.

Specifications
Ship Name Length Beam Depth Average Draft Surface Displacement Submerged Displacement
Santa Fe 69.24 m 8.68 m 6 m 5.05 m 935 Tn 1,155 Tn [3]
Santiago del Estero
Salta

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]

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. "Submarinos Clase "Tarantinos"". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  2. Historia - Tradiciones - Nombres de buques Archived 2017-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (in Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Navy (accessed 2016-12-29)
  3. "Submarino "SANTA FE" S-1". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2022-01-09.

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.

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