|
Names |
Spiggen (ex-X51 Stickleback) |
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Builders |
Armstrong-Vickers, Barrow: Spiggen |
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Completed |
1955 // 7.1958: Spiggen |
|
Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1/1970: Spiggen |
|
Displacement standard, t |
32 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
35 / 39 |
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Length, m |
15.4 pp 16.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
1.80 |
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Draught, m |
2.30 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 Perkins P6 diesel / 1 electric motor |
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Power, h. p. |
50 / 44 |
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Max speed, kts |
6.5 / 6 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 1.2 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
2 detachable 2t side-charges |
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Electronic equipment |
|
|
Complement |
5 |
|
Diving depth operational, m |
90 |
Project history: Ex-RN midget submarine sold to Sweden, used as training platform for attack divers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Stricken 27 January 1970 and used as experimental boat. Presented to Imperial War Museum, London, 1975.
sister-boat Sprat 1957
© Ivan Gogin, 2015