NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U2 (ex-Vulpine), 4.1951- Støren	U2, 4.1951- S322	59	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK	11.1942	28.12.1943	6/1944 // 19.9.1947	stricken 1.1959
U3 (ex-Morse, ex-Vortex), 4.1951- Sælen	U3, 4.1951- S323	891	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	1943	19.8.1944	11.1944 // 18.2.1947	stricken 1.1958

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	545
Displacement normal, t	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 CP Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 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

Project history

Former British 'U long hull' class submarines. U3 was transferred after service under French flag.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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