Submarine No.71
Submarine No.71 in 1938
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Class overview | |
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Name | Number 71 |
Completed | 1 |
Scrapped | 1 |
History | |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | Number 71 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | December 1937 |
Launched | August 1938 |
Commissioned | 1938 |
Fate | Scrapped 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Experimental high-speed submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 42.8 m (140 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 11 |
Armament | 3 × bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes |
Submarine No.71 (Number 71) was an experimental high-speed submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1930s.
Design and description
Submarine No.71 was designed to test high-speed performance underwater. Intended to reach 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) underwater and 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) on the surface, she proved to be too underpowered to reach those goals. Nonetheless, the boat was the fastest submarine in the world underwater when built,[1] beating the previous record set by the similar World War I-era British R-class. She displaced 216 tonnes (213 long tons) surfaced and 244 tonnes (240 long tons) submerged. Submarine No.71 was 42.8 meters (140 ft 5 in) long, had a beam of 3.3 meters (10 ft 10 in) and a draft of 3.1 meters (10 ft 2 in).[1]
For surface running, the boat was powered by a single 1,200-
Construction and career
Submarine No.71 was
See also
Notes
References
- Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6.
- Carpenter, Dorr B. & Polmar, Norman (1986). Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904–1945. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-396-6.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.