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DORIS submarines (1944 / 1944)


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Voracious 1944 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Doris (ex-Vineyard) T2 888 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 8.5.1944 8.1944 to United Kingdom 1947 (Vineyard)
Morse (ex-Vortex) T3 891 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 19.8.1944 11.1944 to Denmark 1947 (Sælen)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement normal, t

658 - 662 / 740

Length, m

62.3

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)4700(10) / 30(9)
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 М2 mines)

Electronic equipment

type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

90



Standard scale images


<i>Doris</i> 1944
Doris 1944


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<i>Voracious</i> 1944 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Voracious 1944 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Ex-British submarines of U class (long hull) 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.