- Oruç Reis class submarine
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Class overview Name: P611/Oruç Reis Preceded by: U class Succeeded by: V class Completed: 4 General characteristics Type: Submarine Displacement: 624 tons standard, 683 tons full load surfaced
856 tons submergedLength: 64 m (210 ft) Beam: 6.81 m (22.3 ft) Draught: 3.61 m (11.8 ft) Propulsion: 2 shaft diesel-electric
Vickers diesels - 1200 hp
Electric motors - 780 hpSpeed: 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h) surfaced
8.4 knots (15.6 km/h) submergedRange: 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) Complement: 41 men Armament: 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 4 bow internal, 1 stern external )
9 torpedoes
1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
1 × 20 mm gunThe Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes. The four boats were requisitioned by the Royal Navy on the outbreak of World War II and fought in the British fleet as the P611 class. Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat from Nazi Germany and the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish navy after the end of the war in 1945. The three Turkish boats were scrapped in 1957.
The P614 and P615 appear in the film We Dive at Dawn as HMS Sea Tiger.
Ships
All were built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness
Turkish Name Named After Royal Navy number Launched Fate Burak Reis Burak Reis Murat Reis Oruç Reis HMS P611 19 July 1940 Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957 Uluç Ali Reis Uluç Ali Reis U-Boat U123 near Sierra Leone [1] References
Oruç Reis-class submarineRoyal Navy
U class · Followed by: V class
List of submarines of the Royal Navy · List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
List of submarines of the Turkish NavyCategories:- Submarine classes
- Oruç Reis class submarines
- Barrow-built ships
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