Dolphin 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| לויתן [Leviathan] (ex-Turpin) | Tz75 | Chatham DYd, UK | 5.1943 | 5.8.1944 | 12.1944 // 19.5.1967 | deleted 1975 | |
| דקר [Dakar (ex-Totem) | Tz77 | Devonport DYd, UK | 10.1942 | 28.9.1943 | 1.1945 // 10.11.1967 | lost 25.1.1968 | |
| דולפין [Dolphin] (ex-Truncheon) | Tz79 | Devonport DYd, UK | 11.1942 | 22.2.1944 | 5.1945 // 9.1.1968 | deleted 1977 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1261 - 1460 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1554 - 1588 / 1734 |
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Length, m |
Tz75, 77: 86.9 pp 88. oa Tz79: 86.9 pp 89.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.10 |
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Draught, m |
4.90 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 ASR supercharged diesels / 4 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
2800 / 6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 / 15.4 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 200 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 20 torpedoes or 12 Mk 2 mines) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 267W radar, type 186, type 187, type 197 sonars |
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Complement |
68 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
110 |
Project history: Acquisition of these RN subs by Israel was announced in November 1964. During RN service all three submarines were modernized under 'T Conversion' program.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Dakar was lost with all hands in the E Mediterranean on passage from Britain 25.1.1968.
Leviathan 1972
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