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ZEEHOND submarine (1933/1943)


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sister-ship HMS Sturgeon 1933

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Zeehond (ex-Sturgeon) N73   Chatham DYd, UK 1.1931 8.1.1932 2.1933 // 10.1943 returned to UK 11.1945 (Sturgeon)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

640

Displacement normal, t

730 / 927

Length, m

61.7

Breadth, m

7.32

Draught, m

3.63

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Admiralty diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1550 / 1440

Max speed, kts

13.75 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 44

Endurance, nm(kts)

3800(10) /

Armament

6 - 533 TT (bow, 12), 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

Electronic equipmenttype 286W or type 291W radar, type 120 sonar
Complement

38

Diving depth operational, m60


Standard scale images


<i>Zeehond</i> 1943
Zeehond 1943


Graphics


sister-ship HMS <i>Sturgeon</i> 1933
sister-ship HMS Sturgeon 1933


Project history

Former British submarine of S class (1st group).

Modernizations

None

Naval service

No significant events.