Parthian-class submarine
 HMS Phoenix, 1939 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Odin-class submarine |
| Succeeded by: | Rainbow-class submarine |
| In commission: | 1929—1946 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 5 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Displacement: | 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) surfaced 2,040 long tons (2,070 t) submerged |
| Length: | 289 ft (88 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric 2 × Admiralty diesel engines, 4,640 hp 2 × electric motors, 1,635 hp 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced 8.6 kn (9.9 mph; 15.9 km/h) submerged |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: | • 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 14 reloads • 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XII deck gun |
The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These boats were almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow shape.
Boats
| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pandora (ex-Python) | Vickers, Barrow | 22 August 1929 | Sunk by Italian aircraft in harbour at Valletta, Malta 1 April 1942. Raised in September 1943, but not repaired. Hulk scrapped in 1955. |
| Parthian | Chatham Dockyard | 22 June 1929 | Lost between 6 August and 11 August 1943 in the Adriatic. Presumed mined. |
| Perseus | Vickers, Barrow | 22 May 1929 | Most likely to have been Mined in the Ionian Sea between the islands of Kefallonia and Zakynthos off the west coast of Greece, 6 December 1941. |
| Phoenix | Cammell Laird | 3 October 1929 | Presumed sunk on 16 July 1940 in depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros off the coast of Sicily. |
| Poseidon | Vickers, Barrow | 21 June 1929 | Sank in accidental collision with a merchant steamer on 9 June 1931. |
| Proteus | Vickers, Barrow | 23 July 1929 | Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon. |
References
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships
- "Parthian class submarine". Battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Parthian class". BritSub. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "HMS Pandora". Uboat.net. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Submarine losses 1904 to present day". Royal Navy Submarine Museum. Archived from the original on 2006-08-16. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
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