Greek submarine Katsonis (Y-1)

History
Greece
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
General characteristics
Class and type	Katsonis-class submarine
Displacement	surfaced: 576 tons; submerged: 775 tons;
Length	62.5 m (205 ft)
Beam	5.3
Draft	3.6 m (12 ft)
Propulsion	one 1,300 hp (970 kW) diesel engine,; one 1,000 hp (750 kW) electric engine;
Speed	surfaced: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph); submerged: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph);
Complement	30
Armament	2 × 21-inch (533 mm) internal bow T/T,; 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) external bow T/T,; 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) external stern T/T,; 1 × 100 mm gun,; 2 MGs;

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.

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