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Dolfijn

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dolfijn (ex-P47)	O1		Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	1941	27.7.1942	10.1942	training hulk 12.1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	540
Displacement normal, t	646 / 732
Length, m	60.0
Breadth, m	4.90
Draught, m	3.87
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Paxman-Ricardo 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) / 30(9)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8)
Electronic equipment	type 286PW or type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars
Complement	36
Diving depth operational, m	60

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Project history

British U-class (2nd group) submarine, transferred to Dutch Navy 25.9.1942 even before completion.

Transfer of second submarine of this class P66 (later Varne) was scheduled. She has had time to been named Haai but after 29.10.1942 onboard of transport Abosso 29 submariners directed for her acceptance were died, and transfer have refused.

Modernizations

1942 - 1944: can carry 6 M2 mines instead of torpedoes, - 1 x 1 - 76/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II

Naval service

Dolfijn was stricken in December, 1946 then she was used as training hulk and sold for scrap only in May, 1952.