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Burak Reis 1945

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Oruç Reis (ex-P611, ex-Oruç Reis)			Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	5/1939	19.7.1940	12/1941 // 5.1942	stricken 1958
Murat Reis (ex-P612, ex-Murat Reis)			Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	5/1939	20.7.1940	1.1942 // 5.1942	stricken 1958
Burak Reis (ex-P614, ex-Burak Reis)			Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	5/1939	19.10.1940	3/1942 // 1.1946	stricken 1958
Uluç Ali Reis			Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	10/1939	1.11.1940	4/1942 // ---	completed for United Kingdom (P615)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	624
Displacement normal, t	687 / 861
Length, m	61.4
Breadth, m	6.81
Draught, m	3.61
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1200 / 780
Max speed, kts	13.7 / 8.4
Fuel, t	diesel oil 34
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(10) /
Armament	Oruç Reis, Murat Reis: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XX, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 ext stern, 9) Burak Reis: 1 x 1 - 102/40 S Mk I, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 ext stern, 9)
Electronic equipment	type 286U radar, type 129, type 138 sonars
Complement	35
Diving depth operational, m	100

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Project history

A class of 4 submarines was ordered in the Great Britain 9.3.1939. Design was developed on a basis of British medium submarine of S class. Turkish ships received from latter Vickers diesels, but differed in a little moderated dimensions, smaller endurance and carried on one TT less. Saddle-tank hull.    With beginning of war all submarines were requisitioned by the Great Britain and commissioned by Royal Navy, however two first submarines right after completion were transferred to Turkey. P615 was sunk 18.4.1943 by German submarine U123 off Dakar. P614 was returned to Turkey 17.1.1946 and commissioned after repair.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.