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Oruç Reis-class submarine

Coordinates: 6°49′N 13°09′W / 6.817°N 13.150°W / 6.817; -13.150
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Turkish submarine TCG Oruç Reis
Class overview
NameP611/Oruç Reis
Operators
Preceded byU class
Succeeded byV class
Completed4
Lost1
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 624 tons standard, 683 tons full load surfaced
  • 856 tons submerged
Length64 m (210 ft)
Beam6.81 m (22.3 ft)
Draught3.61 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • Vickers diesels - 1,200 hp (890 kW)
  • Electric motors - 780 hp (580 kW)
Speed
  • 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h) submerged
Range2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement41
Armament
  • 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 4 bow internal, 1 stern external
  • 9 torpedoes
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 1 × 20 mm gun

The Oruç Reis-class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S-class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S-class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes. The four boats were requisitioned by the Royal Navy on the outbreak of World War II and fought in the British fleet as the P611 class. Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat from Nazi Germany and the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish Navy after the end of the war in 1945. The three Turkish boats were scrapped in 1957.

P614 and P615 appear in the film We Dive at Dawn as HMS Sea Tiger.

Ships

All were built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness.

Turkish name Namesake Royal Navy number Launched Fate
Burak Reis Burak Reis HMS P614 19 October 1940 Returned to Turkey 1945, Scrapped 1957
Murat Reis Murat Reis HMS P612 20 July 1940 Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957
Oruç Reis Oruç Reis HMS P611 19 July 1940 Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957
Uluç Ali Reis Uluç Ali Reis HMS P615 1 November 1940 Sunk by U-boat U-123 near Sierra Leone[1]
  • TCG Oruç Reis
    TCG Oruç Reis
  • TCG Murat Reis
    TCG Murat Reis

References

  1. ^ - Ref

See also

  • HMS Agincourt A World War I warship paid for by Imperial Turkey but seized by the Royal Navy upon outbreak of war.
  • HMS Erin Another World War I warship paid for by Imperial Turkey but seized by the Royal Navy upon outbreak of war.
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6°49′N 13°09′W / 6.817°N 13.150°W / 6.817; -13.150

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