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"R" ex-US submarines (P511)

P512 1942

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
P511 (ex-SS80 R3) P511 Fore River, Quincy, USA 12/1917 18/1/1919 4/1919 // 1/1941 returned to USA 12/1944
P512 (ex-SS94 R17) P512 Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA 5/1917 24/12/1917 8/1918 // 3/1942 returned to USA 9/1944
P514 (ex-SS96 R19) P514 Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA 6/1917 28/1/1918 10/1918 // 3/1942 collision 21/6/1942

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

480

Displacement normal, t

569 / 680

Length, m

56.8

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels /  2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 940

Max speed, kts

13.5 / 10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 75

Endurance, nm(kts)

3700(10) /

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 6 or 1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8)

Sensors sonar

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

60

Ship project history: Ex-US submarines, taken by lend-lease. Development of "O" class submarines with larger calibre of TT (533mm), 20 boats of the first group (R1-R20) built under Holland design. Saddle-tank.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  P514 was lost 21/6/1942 in Atlantic. Two remaining are formally returned the USA in 1944, but handed over on demolition in Britain.

 

 

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