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  1. MAIN PARTICULARS
  2.  
  3. Length overall                    217 ft
  4. Beam                                23 ft 6 in
  5. Depth                               11 ft
  6. Displacement,
  7.   surface                           872 tons
  8.   submerged                      990 tons
  9. Diving depth                      350 feet
  10. No. of shafts                     2
  11. Speed, surface:
  12.   design                            15 knots 
  13.   service                           14.75 knots 
  14. Speed, submerged:
  15.   design                            10 knots 
  16.   service                           9 knots 
  17. Endurance, surface:
  18.   design                            6000 miles at 10 knots
  19. Endurance, submerged:
  20.   design                            Details unknown
  21. Armament*                        6 21-inch bow tubes
  22.                                        1 21-inch stern tube
  23.                                        (13 torpedoes carried)
  24.                                        1 3-inch gun
  25.                                        3 0.303-inch machine-guns
  26.                                        1 20mm Oerlikon cannon
  27. Complement:
  28.   design                            48
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  30. * The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably.  For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only: 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3-inch guns replaced by 4-inch guns: whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced , rather than supplemented, the three machine guns.
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