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sister-boat Sprat 1957  

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Spiggen (ex-X51 Stickleback)	Armstrong-Vickers, Barrow: Spiggen	1955 // 7.1958: Spiggen	none	none	1/1970: Spiggen

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	32
Displacement normal, t	35 / 39
Length, m	15.4 pp 16.4 oa
Breadth, m	1.80
Draught, m	2.30
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Perkins P6 diesel / 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	50 / 44
Max speed, kts	6.5 / 6
Fuel, t	diesel oil 1.2
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 detachable 2t side-charges
Electronic equipment
Complement	5
Diving depth operational, m	90

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Project history

Ex-RN midget submarine sold to Sweden, used as training platform for attack divers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Stricken 27 January 1970 and used as experimental boat. Presented to Imperial War Museum, London, 1975.