HM Submarine X2
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | na |
| Laid down: | na |
| Launched: | 19th March 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Scrapped January 1, 1946 |
| Struck: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 880/1,230 tons (surface/submerged) |
| Length: | 231 feet (70.5 metres) |
| Beam: | 22.5 feet (6.87 metres) |
| Draught: | 13.5 feet (4.12 metres) |
| Propulsion & power: | na |
| Speed: | 17/7.7 knots (surface/submerged) |
| Range: | na |
| Diving depth (feet): | |
| Complement: | 55 |
| Armament (submerged): | Torpedo: 8 torpedo tubes |
| Armament (surface): | 2*3.9" main deck guns, 2*light AA guns |
| Motto: | Unknown |
HM Submarine X2 was the name given to the former Italian submarine Galileo Galilei (captured by the Royal Navy in June 1940) when she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in June 1942 as a training submarine in the Far East. She was later renamed as P711.
Other captured Italian submarines subsequently utilised by the Royal Navy were HMS P712, formerly the Perla captured by a British corvette in July 1942, and HMS P714, formerly the Bronzo.
[edit] See also
- HMS Graph - another captured submarine (formerly the U-570) commissioned into the Royal Navy
- HMS Seal (N37) - Royal Navy submarine, captured and taken into service by the Germans.
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