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57-go 1923

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
第46号艦 [46-go], 11.1924- 呂57 [RO57]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	11.1920	3.12.1921	7.1922	stricken 5.1945
第47号艦 [47-go], 11.1924- 呂58 [RO58]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	11.1920	2.3.1922	11.1922	stricken 5.1945
第57号艦 [57-go], 11.1924- 呂59 [RO59]			Mitsubishi, Kobe	11.1920	28.6.1922	3.1923	stricken 5.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	889
Displacement normal, t	897 / 1195
Length, m	74.0 pp 76.2 oa
Breadth, m	7.20
Draught, m	4.00
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 98
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(10) / 85(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/23 41-shiki, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 10)
Complement	48
Diving depth operational, m	60

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Project history

Vickers L(3) type. Built under the 1919 programme under Vickers licence and were structurally very similar to British L class submarines. Saddle-tank construction. Planned No48-50 submarines were cancelled in 1920 and replaced by order for minelaying submarines.

Modernizations

1933-1934, all: - 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 88-shiki, fuel stowage can be increased to 117 t.

Naval service

All 3 submarines were used for training from 1941.