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GRILSE submarine (1943/1961)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Grilse (ex-Burrfish, ex-Arnillo) SS71   Electric Boat, Groton, USA 2.1943 18.6.1943 9/1943 // 11.5.1961 to USA 10.1969


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

1525 / 2410

Length, m

92.2 wl 95.1 oa

Breadth, m

8.31

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Fairbanks-Morse diesel-generators / 4 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4610 / 1750

Max speed, kts

17 / 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 378 - 472

Endurance, nm(kts)12000 (10) /
Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 - 533 TT (12, bow)

Electronic equipment

SS, SV-1, SV-2 radars, WFA, JT sonars, APR-1 ECM suite

Complement

82 - 90

Diving depth operational, m

120



Standard scale images


<i>Grilse</i> 1965
Grilse 1965


Project history

Former Balao class (radar picket) submarine, on loan to the RCN for 2 (extended to 5) years for ASW training. In May 1966 the loan was extended indefinitely, but Grilse was returned in 1969.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

 In May 1966 the loan was extended indefinitely, but Grilse was returned in 1969.

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