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Vortex (P 87) / Morse (French)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: V2
Fate: Scrapped in August 1958 at Faslane.

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HMS Vortex was transferred to the Free French Navy and served as Morse from 1944-47.

Served with the Danish Navy as Saelen from 1947-58.

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1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla

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Events

 13-08-1943   Laid Down
 19-08-1944   Launched
 01-12-1944   Completed and Transferred to the Free French Navy
 01-12-1946   Returned to Royal Navy from the Danish Navy
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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