Rechinul (left) and her half-sister Marsuinul (right)
History
Romania
Name
Rechinul
Builder
Galați shipyard, Romania
Laid down
1938
Launched
1941
Completed
1942
Out of service
1944
Reinstated
1951
Fate
Scrapped 1967
Soviet Union
Name
TS-1
Commissioned
1944
Out of service
1951
Fate
Returned to Romania
General characteristics (most of the data from:[1])
Displacement
585 tons surfaced
789 tons submerged
Length
66 m (216 ft 6 in)
Beam
5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Draft
3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
2 MAN diesel engines, 2 electric motors, 2 shafts (1840 bhp)
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi)
Complement
45
Armament
1 x 20 mm Oerlikon autocannon
4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
40 x mines
NMS Rechinul (the shark) was a submarine of the Romanian Navy, one of the few warships built in Romania during World War II and used during the war. She was made at the Galați shipyard in 1938, launched in 1941, and completed in 1942. Rechinul took part in the evacuation of the Crimea and later performed the longest mission in Romanian submarine history, starting on 15 June 1944 and lasting 45 days.[2]
^Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, Naval Institute Press, 1980, p. 361
^Antony Preston, Warship 2001–2002, Conway Maritime Press, 2001, pp. 83-84
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