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CURIE submarine (1943)

Curie 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Curie (ex-Vox) T1 840 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 12.1942 23.1.1943 5.1943 to United Kingdom 9.1946 (P67)
  

Displacement standard, t

540

Displacement normal, t

646/732

Length, m

60.0

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts) 4050(10) /

Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 M2 mines), 1 õ 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III

Electronic equipment

type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m 60

Project history: Ex-British submarine of U short hull class, transferred to France in day of completing, returned after war.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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