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sister-ship HMS Sturgeon 1933

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Zeehond (ex-Sturgeon)	N73		Chatham DYd, UK	1.1931	8.1.1932	2.1933 // 10.1943	returned to UK 11.1945 (Sturgeon)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	640
Displacement normal, t	730 / 927
Length, m	61.7
Breadth, m	7.32
Draught, m	3.63
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Admiralty diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1550 / 1440
Max speed, kts	13.75 / 10
Fuel, t	diesel oil 44
Endurance, nm(kts)	3800(10) /
Armament	6 - 533 TT (bow, 12), 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Electronic equipment	type 286W or type 291W radar, type 120 sonar
Complement	38
Diving depth operational, m	60

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Project history

Former British submarine of S class (1st group).

Modernizations

None

Naval service

No significant events.