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Excalibur (S 40)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: Excalibur
Fate: Broken Up 1970
Excalibur
Excalibur
Excalibur
Excalibur

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Laid Down in 1952

Excalibur was built at a cost of 1,142,000 pound

Events

 25-02-1956   Launched

Official
Excalibur Specification
Length overall  225 ft 6 inch
Beam  15 ft 8 inch
Draught  11 ft
Propulsion  High Test Peroxide (HTP) steam raising plant driving 15,000 shp steam turbines (submerged)
  Diesel/Electric (surfaced)
No. of shafts  2
Displacement   780 tons (surface)
  1120 tons (submerged)
Speed  25 knots (surface)
  25 knots (submerged)
Armament  None
Complement   49
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