Xythias ( Greek Ξιφίας , “swordfish”) - Greek submarine (actually called a “diving” - Greek. Καταδυόμενον , repeating the French terminology of that era) Acted in the First World War . This was the third submarine in the history of the Greek fleet and the second and last submarine of the Dolphin class.
| Xyfias | |
|---|---|
| Ξιφίας | |
 the cabin of Xythias Toulon, 1913 | |
| Ship history | |
| Flag state |  Greece |
| Launching | 1913 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1920 |
| Current status | decommissioned in 1920 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Chief Designer | Schneider-Loboeuf |
| Speed (surface) | 12 knots |
| Speed (underwater) | 8.5 knots |
| Immersion depth | 36 m |
| Autonomy of swimming | 2 hours at 8 knots, 17.5 hours at 4.5 knots |
| Crew | 24 people |
| Dimensions | |
| Surface displacement | 360 t |
| Underwater displacement | 452 t |
| The length is the greatest (on design basis) | 49.5 m |
| Armament | |
| Torpedo mine weapons | 2 bow decks, 2 aft deck and 1 bow underdecks × 450 mm TA |
Content
- 1 Submarine Story
- 2 tradition
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Submarine History
Together with the head submarine Dolphin I , Xythias was ordered in 1910 at the shipyard in Toulon France . It was transferred to the Royal Naval Forces of Greece in March 1913, already at the end of the First Balkan War and did not take part in naval operations against the Ottoman fleet [1] . Like Dolphin I of the same type, Xyfias had mechanical problems and insufficient operational capabilities; The submarine was little used in subsequent years. Xythias, along with Dolphin , and other ships of the Greek fleet, were confiscated by the French in 1916, during the Greek National split . When the submarines were returned to the Greek fleet in 1919, they were in poor condition, and were decommissioned the following year [2] [ 1] . In subsequent years, Xythias was used as an aquarius.
Tradition
The second ship of the Greek fleet under the name Xythias was the British U-class submarine HMS Untiring (P59), as part of the Greek fleet 1945-1952.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ελληνικά Υποβρύχια: 110 Χρόνια Ιστορίας (Greek) // Ptisi . - 1996. - May ( No. 135 ).
- ↑ (Greek) History of the Hellenic Navy Submarine Command Archived September 27, 2011 on the Wayback Machine