An item referred to an anonymous informant who reported that at the Sovromtransport shipyards at Galati. Romania the complete structure of the Soviet submarine Delfinul (No. 80 Man) was changed due she was and old and damaged during the Second World War. The modernisation as yet not started due to lacking the submerging chambers and the new machinery ordered in England. The informant heard however that the disassembling of her was speeded up so that if the needed parts arrived the assembling immediately could start. She was to be completed by autumn 1952. One she was completed she was dive during 24 hours to check if everything was done well.(1)
Note
1. She was laid down at the navy shipyard at Fiume, Italy in 1927, launched in 1930, completed in 1931, commissioned in 1936, executing some patrols in the Black Sea until she was sent to Galati where she arrived on 24 November 1941 to be refitted, confiscated by Russian forces after 23 August 1944, commissioned as TS-3 on 20 October 1944, decommissioned on 12 October 1945, given back to Romania in 1951 and finally stricken in 1957. Built under Romanian supervising. With a displacement of 650 (surfaced)-900 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 68 x 5,9 x 3,6 metres or 223 x 19 x 12 feet. The machinery consisted of 2 Sulzer diesel engines and 2 electric motors driving 2 shafts allowing a speed of 14 (surfaced)-9 (submerged) knots and a range of 2.000 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 55 men. Armament consisted of 1-10,2cm Bofors naval gun, 1x1-1,3cm machinegun and 8-53,3cm torpedo tubes (4 fore, 4 aft).
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number
CIA-RDP80-00809A000600020184-2
