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DAPHNE submarines (1926-1927)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Daphne D1   Orlogsværftets, København 11.1923 9.12.1925 10.1926 scuttled 29.8.1943
Dryaden D2   Orlogsværftets, København 12.1924 3.6.1926 9.1927 scuttled 29.8.1943


Technical data


Displacement standard, t300
Displacement normal, t

308 / 381

Length, m

49.0

Breadth, m

5.22

Draught, m

2.51

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Burmeister & Wain diesels / 2 Titan electric motors

Power, h. p.

900 / 400

Max speed, kts

13.4 / 6.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 75/32 M24, 1 x 1 - 20/56 Madsen, 6 - 450 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 6)

Complement

24

Diving depth operational, m 


Standard scale images


<i>Daphne</i> 1940
Daphne 1940


Project history

Design was developed by Danish Admiralty on the basis of previous class, but with more perfect hull form and other TTs arrangement.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

 Both submarines were scuttled by crews 29.8.1943 at Copenhagen.