HMS Vampire (P72)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 9 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Gateshead, March 1950 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced - 545 tons standard, 658 tons full load Submerged - 740 tons |
| Length: | 62.33 m (204 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors |
| Speed: | 11.25 knots max surfaced 10 knots max submerged |
| Complement: | 33 |
| Armament: | 4 bow internal 21 inch torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 - 3 inch gun |
HMS Vampire (P72) was a Royal Navy V-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.
[edit] References
- HMS Vampire (P 72). uboat.net. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
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