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ZEEHOND submarine (1933/1943)

Zeehond 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Zeehond (ex-Sturgeon) N73   Chatham DYd, UK 1.1931 8.1.1932 2.1933 // 10.1943 returned to UK 11.1945 (Sturgeon)

 

Displacement standard, t

640

Displacement normal, t

730 / 927

Length, m

61.7

Breadth, m

7.32

Draught, m

3.63

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Admiralty diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1550 / 1440

Max speed, kts

13.75 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 44

Endurance, nm(kts)

3800(10) /

Armament

6 - 533 TT (bow, 12), 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

Electronic equipment type 286W or type 291W radar, type 120 sonar

Complement

38

Diving depth operational, m 60

Project history: Former British submarine of S class (1st group).

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

sister-ship HMS Sturgeon 1933

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