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HMS Varangian

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HMS Varangian
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Varangian
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down23 December 1941
Launched4 April 1943
Commissioned10 July 1943
FateScrapped, 1 June 1949, Gateshead
Badge
General characteristics
Displacement
  • Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load
  • Submerged - 740 tons
Length60 m (196 ft 10 in)
Beam4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
  • 615 / 825 hp
Speed
  • 11.25 knots (21 km/h) max surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) max submerged
Complement33
Armament

HMS Varangian was a British built U class submarine, a member of the third group of that class to be built. The submarine carried out patrols in the Norwegian Sea and was also used in a training role.[1] She was broken up at Gateshead in 1949. Her ship's bell (inscribed "HMS Varangian 1943") is in the possession of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, United Kingdom.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ "HMS Varangian". uboat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ Royal Navy Submarine Museum list of artifacts Archived 8 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine

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