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Variance (P 85)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: V2
Fate: Transferred to the Norwegian Navy as Utsira in 1944.

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 21-05-1943   Laid Down
 22-05-1944   Launched
 24-08-1944   Completed
V2 Specification
Length overall  195 ft 6 inch
Beam  15 ft 9 inch
Depth  15 ft 10 inch
Displacement   648 tons (surface)
  735 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  200 ft
Speed  11.5 knots (surface)
  9 knots (submerged)
No. of shafts  2
Endurance  Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design)
  Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design)
Armament  4 x 21 inch bow tubes
  (8 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 3 inch gun
  3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
Complement  4 Officers and 33 Ratings
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