Name: | VANTAGE, VEHEMENT, VENOM & VERVE |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | n/a |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | n/a |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 70, 71, 72 & 69 respectively |
Dimensions: | 545disp surf, 740disp subm, 180.0 x 16.0 x 12.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 8cyl (9.5 x 12ins), 800bhp; 2 x Electric motors, 760bhp |
Engines by: | Davy Paxman diesels; GEC electric motors |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots surf, 9.0knots subm |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 3.0ins AA gun, 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
British Royal Navy | |
Cancelled | |
Comments: | Member of the V Class of submarines |
17/11/1942: All were ordered | |
23/01/1944: All were cancelled, none had been laid down | |
VANTAGE | |
VEHEMENT was to be allocated pennant P25 | |
VENOM was to be allocated pennant P27 | |
VERVE was to be allocated pennant P28 |