| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | G |
| Fate: | Sold 27th June 1928 |
11th Flotilla. Blyth.
| Length overall | 187 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 7 inch |
| Displacement | 703 tons (surface) |
| 837 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 to 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2600 miles at 12.5 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1650 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 95 miles at 3 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 28 ratings |
During WWII, the standard camouflage scheme for British Submarines operating in the Mediterranean was light and dark green and some were even painted pink. Submarines operating in the Gulf waters have displayed a khaki colour.
The design of the Type XXI U-Boat was a radical step in the history of submarine development; indeed, the vessel could be said to have been the prototype of the modern conventionally-powered submarine
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| Length overall | 187 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 7 inch |
| Displacement | 703 tons (surface) |
| 837 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 to 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2600 miles at 12.5 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1650 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 95 miles at 3 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 28 ratings |
During WWII, the standard camouflage scheme for British Submarines operating in the Mediterranean was light and dark green and some were even painted pink. Submarines operating in the Gulf waters have displayed a khaki colour.
The design of the Type XXI U-Boat was a radical step in the history of submarine development; indeed, the vessel could be said to have been the prototype of the modern conventionally-powered submarine
17 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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