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| Republican Submarines |
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| Submarine Commander Missions B-1 - Jul-36/Apr-39 B-2 - Jul-36/Apr-39 B-3 Luis Regalado Jul-36/Ene-37 B-4 - Jul-36/Mar-37 B-5 CC Carlos Barreda Jul-36/Oct-36 B-6 AN Oscar Scharfhaussen Jul-36/Sep-36 C-1 CF Francisco Guimer� Jul-36/Apr-39 C-2 TN Jes�s Lasheras Jul-36/Apr-39 C-3 AN Antonio Arbona Jul-36/Dic-36 C-4 AN Ferrando Talayero Jul-36/Apr-39 C-5 CC Remigio Verd�a CC Jos� Lara y Dorda Jul-36/Jan-37 C-6 Mariano Romero Nikolai Egipko Jul-36/Oct-37 |
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| Submarine warfare during the Spanish Civil War was not as decisive as would be during WWII. Nevertheless, the Spanish Submarine Navy and other foreign submarines, mainly Italian and German, were able to participate and have their influence felt. At the beginning of the war, the Spanish Navy possessed 12 submarines, 6 of the B series and 6 of the C series, which were under the Republican government's control. The nationalists side, lacking these boats, incorporated on the 20th of April, 1937 the Italian submarines Archimede (General Mola) and Torricelli (General Sanjurjo), completing a total of 14 submarines belonging to the Spanish Navy, both on the Republican and Nationalist sides. Despite the speculation about the presence of soviet submarines in Spanish waters, this has never been confirmed. |
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| B Series |
| Technical Data |
| Displacements |
| Dimensions |
| Weapons |
| Propulsion |
| Speed |
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| Max. operating depth |
| Crew |
| Cost |
| Surface: 556 t Submerged: 740 t |
| Diesel: 2 engines Nlseco of 700 HP Electric: 2 engines of 210 HP Propellers: 2 |
| Length: 64.1 m Beam: 5.6 m Shore: 5.2 m |
| Surface max.: 16 kn Submerged max.: 10.5 kn |
| Torpedo tubes: 4 of 450 mm, two at the bow and two at the stern, with four spare torpedoes. Guns: 1 76 mm a/a gun. |
| 8000 miles at 10.5 kn surfaced, 125 miles at 4.5 kn submerged. |
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| 60 m |
| 28 men |
| 3800000 pesetas (1916) |
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| Technical Data |
| Displacements |
| Dimensions |
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| Surface: 925 t Submerged: 1144 t |
| Diesel: 2 engines Vickers of 1000 HP Electric: 2 engines of 375 HP Propellers: 2 |
| Length: 73.3 m Beam: 6.3 m Shore: 5.7 m |
| Surface max.: 16.5 kn Submerged max.: 8.5 kn |
| Torpedo tubes: 5 of 533 mm, four at the bow and two at the stern, with four spare torpedoes. Guns: 1 76/45 mm a/a gun. |
| 6800 miles at 10 kn and 3200 at 16 kn surfaced; 150 miles submerged. |
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| 90 m |
| 40 men |
| 13186000 pesetas (1922) |
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| Information and images courtesy of Jorge Ba��n Verd�, http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3042/hojas/gcei.html |