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SUBMARINES

"Vickers C(1)" 3 class submarines

8-go 1909

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
第8号艦 <8-go>(No8), 11/1924- 波1 <HA1>   Vickers, Barrow, UK 8/1907 19/5/1908 2/1909 stricken 12/1928
第9号艦 <9-go>(No9), 11/1924- 2 <HA2>   Vickers, Barrow, UK 8/1907 19/5/1908 3/1909 stricken 12/1928

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

286 / 321

Length, m

40.1 pp 43.3 oa

Breadth, m

4.10

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

16-cyl Vickers petrol engine / electric motor

Power, h. p.

600 / 300

Max speed, kts

12 / 8.5

Fuel, t

petrol 15

Endurance, nm 660(12) / 60(4)
Armament

2 - 450 TT (bow, 2), 1 x 1 - 6.5/115

Complement

26

Diving depth operational, m

30

Ship project history: Copy of RN "C" class submarines. Single-hulled, ordered under the 1907 program. Japanese did not have experience of creation of modern submarines, and it was necessary to be content with already hopelessly out-of-date project.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

 

9-go 1911

 

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