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  29-go 1921

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
第27号艦 [27-go], 11.1924- 呂53 [RO53]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	3.1919	6.7.1920	3.1921	stricken 1938
第28号艦 [28-go], 11.1924- 呂54 [RO54]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	3.1919	13.10.1920	9.1921	stricken 1939
第29号艦 [29-go], 11.1924- 呂55 [RO55]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	2.1920	10.2.1921	11/1921	stricken 1939
第30号艦 [30-go], 11.1924- 呂56 [RO56]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	2.1920	11.5.1921	1.1922	stricken 1940

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	893 / 1195
Length, m	67.1 pp 70.6 oa
Breadth, m	7.10
Draught, m	3.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 1600
Max speed, kts	17 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 80
Endurance, nm(kts)	5500(10) / 80(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/23 41-shiki, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87, 4 - 450 TT (bow, 8)
Complement	48
Diving depth operational, m	60

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Project history

Vickers L(2) type. Built in Japan under Vickers drawings and were structurally similar to British submarines of L type. The 1918 programme, improved version of L(1) design.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.