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Stickleback (X 51)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: XPW
Fate: Preserved in 1977
Stickleback
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Midget submarine X51 alongside HMS Jupiter, Gareloch, Scotland. 1954

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 01-10-1954   Launched
XPW Specification
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
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