The B class submarines B-2, B-3 and B-4 at quay in Norway |
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Class overview | |
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Builders: | Karljohansvern Naval shipyard |
Operators: | Royal Norwegian Navy |
Preceded by: | Norwegian A class submarine |
Succeeded by: | U class submarine |
In service: | 1923 – 1946 |
In commission: | 1 February 1923 |
Completed: | HNoMS B-1, HNoMS B-2 HNoMS B-3, HNoMS B-4 HNoMS B-5, HNoMS B-6 |
Active: | 6 |
Lost: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 365 tons surfaced 545 tons submerged |
Length: | 51 m |
Beam: | 5.3 m |
Draught: | 3.5 m |
Propulsion: | 2 x Sulzer 900 shp diesel engines/2 x 700 shp electric engines |
Speed: | maximum 15 knots (27.8 km/h) surfaced maximum 8.9 knots (16.5 km/h) dived |
Range: | 2,900 nautical miles (5,370.8 km) at 9 knots (16.5 km/h) surfaced 150 nautical miles (277.8 km) submerged at 3 knots (5.5 km/h) |
Complement: | 23(? officers and ? ratings) |
Armament: | Four 45 cm (17.7 inch) torpedo tubes 1 × 76 mm gun |
The B class submarines were a class of six vessels of the US Holland type built on licence at Karljohansvern naval shipyard in Norway from 1922 to 1929 and deployed by the Royal Norwegian Navy.