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Pipinos 1950

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Πιπίνος [Pipinos] (ex-Veldt)	Y8		Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	11.1942	19.7.1943	11.1943	to United Kingdom 12.1957
Δελφίν [Delfin] (ex-Vengeful)	Y9		Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	1943	20.7.1944	10/1944 // 4.1945	to United Kingdom 12.1957
τρίαινα [Triaina] (ex-Volatile)	Y14		Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK	3.1943	20.6.1944	11/1944 // 5.1946	to United Kingdom 10.1958
Αργοναύτες [Argonautis] (ex-Virulent)	Y15		Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK	3.1943	23.5.1944	10/1944 // 5.1946	to United Kingdom 5.1958

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	545
Displacement normal, t	658 - 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	Y8, 9: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 М2 mines) Y14, 15: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk VIIA, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 M2 mines)
Electronic equipment	Y8: type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars others: type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars
Complement	33
Diving depth operational, m	90

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Project history

British submarines of U class, transferred to Greece. Pipinos was transferred 13.10.1943 even before completion and appeared unique, had time to share in hostilities (had tactical designation Y8). Three others were transferred in 1945-1946 after RN service.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.