History | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Archimede |
Namesake | Archimedes |
Builder | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto |
Laid down | 1931 |
Launched | 10 December 1933 |
Commissioned | 1934–1935 |
Fate | Transferred to Francoist Spain, April 1937 |
Francoist Spain | |
Name | General Sanjurjo |
Acquired | 1937 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Archimede-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 70.5 m (231 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
Crew | 55 |
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Archimede was the lead ship of her class of four submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s. She was transferred to the Armada Española (Spanish Navy) of Nationalists in 1937, renamed General Sanjurjo, and served in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.