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P554 1943 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
P551 (ex-S25)	P551	316	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	10.1918	29.5.1920	7.1923 // 11.1941	to Poland 11.1941 (Jastrząb)
P552 (ex-S1)	P552	296	Fore River, Quincy, USA	12.1917	26.10.1918	6.1920 // 4.1942	to USA 10.1944 (S1)
P553 (ex-S21)	P553	312	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	12.1918	18.8.1920	8.1921 // 9.1942	to USA 7.1944 (S21)
P554 (ex-S22)	P554	313	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	1.1919	15.7.1920	6.1924 // 6.1942	to USA 7.1944 (S22)
P555 (ex-S24)	P555	315	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	11.1918	27.6.1922	8.1923 // 8.1942	to USA 12.1944 (S24)
P556 (ex-S29)	P556	320	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	4.1919	9.11.1922	5.1924 // 6.1942	to USA 1.1946 (S29)

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	14.5 / 10
Displacement standard, t	680
Displacement normal, t	854 / 1062
Length, m	66.5
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	4.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels /  2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1200 / 1500
Fuel, t	diesel oil 168
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(10) /
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 12)
Electronic equipment	SD or SJ radar, SC, JK sonars
Complement	43
Diving depth operational, m	60

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Project history

Ex-US lend-lease submarines.Further development of "R" class submarines. Single-hulled construction.

Modernizations

None.

1/1946, P556: 1 x 1 -102/50 Mk 12, 4 - 533 TT, SD or SJ radar, SC, JK sonars

Naval service

No significant events.

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