| Built By: | Fairfield (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | L3 |
| Fate: | Sold 25th March 1938. |
1919 Baltic Flotilla. Lucia, Revel, Estonia.
| Length overall | 238 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 13 ft 2 inch |
| Displacement | 914 tons (surface) |
| 1089 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 knots (design) |
| Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 10.5+ knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes, 2 x 18 inch beam tubes (10 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch gun |
| Endurance | Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 41 |
| Class: | Future: Dreadnought Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSBN3 |
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
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| Length overall | 238 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 13 ft 2 inch |
| Displacement | 914 tons (surface) |
| 1089 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 knots (design) |
| Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 10.5+ knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes, 2 x 18 inch beam tubes (10 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch gun |
| Endurance | Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 41 |
| Class: | Future: Dreadnought Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSBN3 |
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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