Last update: 22.02.2001
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Porpoise class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Royal Navy / Great Britain In service from: 1933 Complement (officers/enlisted): 6/55

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
88,10
Beam overall / wl.:
9,10  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
1,48  /   91,0

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
1520
Full loaded
1768
Underwater
2053

Armament
Main guns
1x102
Secondary guns
50 mines, 12 torpedoes
Torpedo tubes
6x533
Planes
0

Engines
Boilers
2x Vicker Diesels, 2x Electric
Turbines
?

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
15,5
Top underwater speed
8,8
endurance
7500 miles @ 10 kts
Engines load
3300/1600 HP
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Porpoise/RN, Pike,