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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

SUBMARINES

WALRUS submarines (1944/1953)

Walrus 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Walrus (ex-Icefish) S802   Manitowoc SB, USA 9.1943 20.2.1944 6/1944 // 2.1953 stricken 7.1971
Zeeleuw (ex-Hawkbill) S803   Manitowoc SB, USA 8.1943 9.1.1944 5/1944 // 4.1953 stricken 11.1970

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1830 / 2440

Length, m

93.6

Breadth, m

8.20

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors diesel-generators / 4 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4610 / 5400

Max speed, kts

18 / 15 (7.5 with snorkel)

Fuel, t

diesel oil 378 - 472

Endurance, nm(kts) 11000 (10) / 96 (2)

Armament

10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern)

Electronic equipment

SS, SV, BPS-1 radars, BQR-2, BQS-2, JT or SQR-3 sonars, APR-1 ECM suite

Complement

82

Diving depth operational, m

120

   

Project history: Former USN Balao class submarines modified under GUPPY IB configuration.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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