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N1 submarine

N1 1917

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
N1 (ex-Nautilus)   Vickers, Barrow 3/1913 31/12/1914 10/1917 BU 6/1922

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1441 / 2026

Length, m

78.8

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

5.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

12-cyl Vickers diesels / electric motors

Power, h. p.

3700 / 1000

Max speed, kn

17 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

8 - 450 TT (2 bow, 4 beam, 2 stern, 16), 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA

Complement

42

Diving depth operational, m 30

Ship project history: Fast oceangoing submarine, ordered in October 1912. She has appeared unsuccessful but has played the important role in working out of the future designs.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: Renamed N1 in June 1917. Submarine was never actually operational and served mostly as a depot ship and recharging plant.

 

Nautilus 1917

 

 

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