| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Turkish |
| Fate: | Transferred to Turkey in 1945 when she reverted to her original name. |
Ex Burak Reis Seconded by the RN whilst being built for the Turks
| 19-10-1940 | Launched |
| 20-09-1942 | HMS P-614 attacks the German submarine U-408 with torpedoes in the Arctic Ocean. All torpedoes miss. The crew thought they had sunk the target and the skipper (Lt. Beckley) even received a DSO for the sinking. |
| Displacement | 624 tons standard, 683 tons full load surfaced |
| 856 tons submerged | |
| Length | 210 ft |
| Beam | 22.3 ft |
| Draught | 11.8ft |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel-electric |
| Vickers diesels - 1,200 hp (890 kW) | |
| Electric motors - 780 hp (580 kW) | |
| Speed | 13.7 knots (Surfaced) |
| 8.4 knots (Submerged) | |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Complement | 41 |
| Armament | 5 x 21 inch torpedo tubes - 4 bow internal, 1 stern external |
| 9 torpedoes | |
| 1 x 3in gun | |
| 1 x 20mm gun |
| Class: | 1941 - 1958: V Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in December 1958 at Dunston. | |
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
An understated but absorbing journal from a veteran of 11 underseas missions in the close quarters of a fleet submarine against Japanese shipping during WW II's Pacific campaigns.
A 1939 graduate of the US Naval Academy.
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| Displacement | 624 tons standard, 683 tons full load surfaced |
| 856 tons submerged | |
| Length | 210 ft |
| Beam | 22.3 ft |
| Draught | 11.8ft |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel-electric |
| Vickers diesels - 1,200 hp (890 kW) | |
| Electric motors - 780 hp (580 kW) | |
| Speed | 13.7 knots (Surfaced) |
| 8.4 knots (Submerged) | |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Complement | 41 |
| Armament | 5 x 21 inch torpedo tubes - 4 bow internal, 1 stern external |
| 9 torpedoes | |
| 1 x 3in gun | |
| 1 x 20mm gun |
| Class: | 1941 - 1958: V Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in December 1958 at Dunston. | |
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
An understated but absorbing journal from a veteran of 11 underseas missions in the close quarters of a fleet submarine against Japanese shipping during WW II's Pacific campaigns.
A 1939 graduate of the US Naval Academy.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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