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HELLENIC NAVY (GREECE)

SUBMARINES

AMFITRITI submarines (1943/1945)

Amfitriti 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ξιφίας [Xifias] (ex-Untiring, ex-Upstart, ex-P59) Y10   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK 12.1941 20.1.1943 6/1943 // 7.1945 to United Kingdom 5.1952 (Untiring)
Αμφιτρίτη [Amfitriti] (ex-Upstart, ex-Untiring, ex-P65) Y11   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 3.1942 24.11.1942 4/1943 // 3.1945 to United Kingdom 5.1952 (Upstart)

 

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-Ricardo or Paxman diesel-generators/ 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 38, later 55

Endurance, nm(kts)

4050(10) /

Armament

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

Electronic equipment

type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m 60

Project history: British submarines of U class, transferred to Greece in 1945 after RN service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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