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AMFITRITI submarines

Amfitriti 1945

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Αμφιτρίτη <Amfitriti> (ex-Upstart, ex-Untiring, ex-P65)   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 3/1942 24/11/1942 4/1943 // 3/1945 to United Kingdom 5/1952 (Upstart)
Ξιφίας <Xifias> (ex-Untiring, ex-Upstart, ex-P59)   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK 12/1941 20/1/1943 6/1943 // 7/1945 to United Kingdom 5/1952 (Untiring)

 

Displacement standard, t

540

Displacement normal, t

646/732

Length, m

60.0

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman-Ricardo or Paxman diesel-generators/ 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 38, later 55

Endurance, nm(kts)

4050(10) /

Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 M2 mines), 1 х 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA

Sensors

type 291W radar, sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m 60

Ship project history: British submarines of U class, transferred to Greece in 1945 after RN service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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