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S 3

Built By: Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group: S1
Fate: To Italy 25th October 1915

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04-03-1914  Laid Down
10-06-1915  Launched
25-09-1915  Completed
25-10-1915  Transferred to Italy
S1 Specification
Length overall  217 ft
Beam  23 ft 6 inch
Depth  11 ft
Displacement   872 tons (surface)
  990 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  350 ft
Speed  Surface 15 knots (design)
  Surface 14.75 knots (service)
  Submerged 10 knots (design)
  Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Endurance  Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design)
Armament (i)  6 x 21 inch bow tubes
  1 21 inch stern tube
  (13 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 3 inch gun
  3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
  1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon
Complement  4 Officers and 34 Ratings.
Note  {i) The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.
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