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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

SUBMARINES

"Vickers L(2)" 2 class submarines (1921-1922)

27-go 1923

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
第27号艦 [27-go], 11.1924- 53 [RO53]     Mitsubishi, Kobe 3.1919 6.7.1920 3.1921 stricken 1938
第28号艦 [28-go], 11.1924- 54 [RO54]     Mitsubishi, Kobe 3.1919 13.10.1920 9.1921 stricken 1939
第29号艦 [29-go], 11.1924- 55 [RO55]     Mitsubishi, Kobe 2.1920 10.2.1921 11/1921 stricken 1939
第30号艦 [30-go], 11.1924- 56 [RO56]     Mitsubishi, Kobe 2.1920 11.5.1921 1.1922 stricken 1940

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

893 / 1195

Length, m

67.1 pp 70.6 oa

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

3.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2400 / 1600

Max speed, kts

17 / 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 80

Endurance, nm(kts) 5500(10) / 80(4)
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/23 41-shiki, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87, 4 - 450 TT (bow, 8)

Complement

48

Diving depth operational, m

60

Project history: Vickers L(2) type. Built in Japan under Vickers drawings and were structurally similar to British submarines of L type. The 1918 programme, improved version of L(1) design.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

29-go 1921

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