HMS P611
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HMS P611 was a submarine of the Oruç Reis class originally built for the Turkish Navy intended to be named Oruç Reis, but commissioned into the Royal Navy after the outbreak of war.
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Name | HMS P611 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 24 May 1939 |
Launched | 19 July 1940 |
Commissioned | 1 December 1941 |
Fate | Transferred to the Turkish Navy, 9 May 1942 |
Turkey | |
Name | Oruç Reis |
Acquired | 9 May 1942 |
Fate | Broken up 1957 |
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Class and type | Oruç Reis-class submarine |
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Length | 64 m (210 ft) |
Beam | 6.81 m (22.3 ft) |
Draught | 3.61 m (11.8 ft) |
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Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement | 41 men |
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