Name: | VARANGIAN launched as P 61 |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | 23/12/1941 |
Launched: | 04/04/1943 |
Completed: | 10/07/1943 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 49 |
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: | |
10/07/1943 | British Royal Navy |
06/1949 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the V Class of submarines |
04/04/1943: Launched as P 61 | |
06/1949: Sold for breaking up by JJ King at Gateshead |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Profile & Decks plan of a typical U/V Class (Group 2) courtesy of MP Cocker. Click HERE to enlarge