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CURIE submarine (1943 / 1943)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Curie (ex-Vox) T1 840 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 12.1942 23.1.1943 5.1943 to United Kingdom 9.1946 (P67)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

540

Displacement normal, t

646/732

Length, m

60.0

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts)4050(10) /
Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 M2 mines), 1 х 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III

Electronic equipment

type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m60


Standard scale images


<i>Curie</i> 1943
Curie 1943


Project history

Ex-British submarine of U short hull class, transferred to France in day of completing, returned after war.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.