Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2)

	Y-2 Papanikolis – Y-2 Παπανικολής
History
Greece
Name	Papanikolis (Greek: Y-2 Παπανικολής)
Namesake	Dimitrios Papanikolis
Builder	Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid down	1925
Launched	19 November 1926
Commissioned	21 December 1927
Decommissioned	1945
Fate	Hull sold for scrap, conning tower preserved in the Maritime Museum, Piraeus
Notes	Historical summary from the Hellenic Navy website
General characteristics
Class and type	Katsonis-class submarine
Displacement	576 long tons (585 t) surfaced; 775 long tons (787 t) submerged;
Length	62.5 m (205 ft 1 in)
Beam	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	1 × 1,300 hp (970 kW) diesel engine; 1 × 1,000 hp (750 kW) electric motor;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged;
Complement	30
Armament	2 × 21 in (533 mm) internal bow torpedo tubes; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) external bow torpedo tubes; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) external stern torpedo tubes; 1 × 100 mm (4 in) gun; 2 × machine guns;

Papanikolis (Greek: Y-2 Παπανικολής) was one of the most successful Greek submarines during the Second World War.

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