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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

SUBMARINES

"S" 1st group ex-US submarines (P551) (1920 - 1924 / 1941 - 1942)

P555 1942

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
P551 (ex-S25) P551 316 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 10.1918 29.5.1920 7.1923 // 11.1941 to Poland 11.1941 (Jastrząb)
P552 (ex-S1) P552 296 Fore River, Quincy, USA 12.1917 26.10.1918 6.1920 // 4.1942 to USA 10.1944 (S1)
P553 (ex-S21) P553 312 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 12.1918 18.8.1920 8.1921 // 9.1942 to USA 7.1944 (S21)
P554 (ex-S22) P554 313 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 1.1919 15.7.1920 6.1924 // 6.1942 to USA 7.1944 (S22)
P555 (ex-S24) P555 315 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 11.1918 27.6.1922 8.1923 // 8.1942 to USA 12.1944 (S24)
P556 (ex-S29) P556 320 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 4.1919 9.11.1922 5.1924 // 6.1942 to USA 1.1946 (S29)

 

Displacement standard, t

680

Displacement normal, t

854 / 1062

Length, m

66.5

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

4.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels /  2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 1500

Max speed, kn

14.5 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 168

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(10) /

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 12)

Sensors

SD or SJ radar, SC, JK sonars

Complement

43

Diving depth operational, m

60

Project history: Ex-US lend-lease submarines.Further development of "R" class submarines. Single-hulled construction.

Modernizations: None.

1/1946, P556: 1 x 1 -102/50 Mk 12, 4 - 533 TT, SD or SJ radar, SC, JK sonars

Naval service: No significant events.

P554 1943

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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