| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | XT |
Unofficially named Xantho.
Less elaborately equipped as previous boats as they were intended for training.
| Length overall | 51 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 8 ft 6 inch (with charges) |
| 5 ft 9 1/2 inch (without charges) | |
| Displacement | Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) |
| Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) |
| With Charges:5 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 2 x 2-ton side charges |
| Limpet mines | |
| Endurance | Surface: 1320 miles at 4 knots (with charges) |
| Surface: 1860 miles at 4 knots (without charges) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 2 knots (with charges) | |
| Complement | 4 |
| Class: | 1956 - 1988: Porpoise Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | P2 |
| Fate: | |
| Sold 1987 to Dockside Salvage of Grimsby to be broken up. | |
This is a great DVD to get you started in submarines. The DVD initially gives you a brief (15 min) history of submarine development, highlighting all the important mile stones in the early development of the submarine.
The DVD then expands into providing a more detailed explanation of both the technological and historical development of the submarine, thus providing the viewer with a well balanced introductoin to submarines.
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| Length overall | 51 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 8 ft 6 inch (with charges) |
| 5 ft 9 1/2 inch (without charges) | |
| Displacement | Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) |
| Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) |
| With Charges:5 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 2 x 2-ton side charges |
| Limpet mines | |
| Endurance | Surface: 1320 miles at 4 knots (with charges) |
| Surface: 1860 miles at 4 knots (without charges) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 2 knots (with charges) | |
| Complement | 4 |
| Class: | 1956 - 1988: Porpoise Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | P2 |
| Fate: | |
| Sold 1987 to Dockside Salvage of Grimsby to be broken up. | |
This is a great DVD to get you started in submarines. The DVD initially gives you a brief (15 min) history of submarine development, highlighting all the important mile stones in the early development of the submarine.
The DVD then expands into providing a more detailed explanation of both the technological and historical development of the submarine, thus providing the viewer with a well balanced introductoin to submarines.
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.

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