P611 1941
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
P611 (ex-Oruç Reis) | P611 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 19.7.1940 | 12/1941 | to Turkey 5.1942 (Oruç Reis) | |
P612 (ex-Murat Reis) | P612 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 20.7.1940 | 1.1942 | to Turkey 5.1942 (Murat Reis) | |
P614 (ex-Burak Reis) | P614 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 19.10.1940 | 3/1942 | to Turkey 1.1946 (Burak Reis) | |
P615 (ex-Uluç Ali Reis) | P615 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 10/1939 | 1.11.1940 | 4/1942 | sunk 18.4.1943 |
Displacement standard, t |
624 |
Displacement normal, t |
683 / 856 |
Length, m |
61.4 |
Breadth, m |
6.81 |
Draught, m |
3.61 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
1200 / 780 |
Max speed, kn |
13.7 / 8.4 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 34 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(10) / |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XX, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 ext stern, 9) |
Sensors | type 286U radar, type 129, type 138 sonars |
Complement |
35 |
Diving depth operational, m |
100 |
Project history: Saddle-tank medium submarines ordered by Turkey and requisitioned by British Government at war. Design was based on British "S" class but with less dimensions and endurance.
Modernizations: None.
1/1946, P614: 1 x 1 - 102/40 S Mk I, 5 - 533 TT, type 286U radar, type 129, type 138 sonars
Naval service: P615 was sunk by German submarine U123 18.4.1943.
P614 1945 as Burak Reis
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