Greek submarine Katsonis (Y-1)
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Y-1 Katsonis (Greek: Y-1 Κατσώνης) was a Greek submarine active during the Second World War. Katsonis, together with her sister ship, Papanikolis, formed the first class of Greek submarines ordered after the First World War. The submarine was built at the Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde shipyard, in Bordeaux, between 1925 and 1927, and commissioned into the Hellenic Navy on 8 June 1928. Her first captain was Cdr Κ. Arvanitis.[1][2]
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Name | Katsonis (Greek: Y-1 Κατσώνης) |
Namesake | Lambros Katsonis |
Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde |
Laid down | 1925 |
Launched | 20 March 1926 |
Commissioned | 8 June 1928 |
Fate | Sunk 14 September 1943 |
Notes | Historical summary from the Hellenic Navy website |
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Class and type | Katsonis-class submarine |
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Length | 62.5 m (205 ft) |
Beam | 5.3 |
Draft | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
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Complement | 30 |
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