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 Turkish submarine TCGOruç Reis | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | P611/Oruç Reis |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | U class |
| Succeeded by | V class |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Beam | 6.81 m (22.3 ft) |
| Draught | 3.61 m (11.8 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament |
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TheOruç Reis-class submarines were ordered by theTurkish Navy from the British companyVickers in 1939. They were similar to the BritishS-class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S-class machinery but only fourbowtorpedo tubes. The four boats were requisitioned by theRoyal Navy on the outbreak ofWorld War II and fought in the British fleet as theP611 class. Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat fromNazi Germany and the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish Navy after the end of the war in 1945. P615 had been sunk in 1943. The three Turkish boats werescrapped in 1957.
P614 andP615 appear in the filmWe Dive at Dawn as HMSSea Tiger.
All were built byVickers inBarrow-in-Furness.
| Turkish name | Namesake | Royal Navy number | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burak Reis | Burak Reis | HMS P614 | 24 May 1939 | 19 October 1940 | 10 March 1942 (Royal Navy) 17 January 1946 (Turkish Navy) | Returned to Turkey 1945, Scrapped 1957 |
| Murat Reis | Murat Reis | HMS P612 | 24 May 1939 | 20 July 1940 | 7 January 1942 (Royal Navy) 16 May 1942 (Turkish Navy) | Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957 |
| Oruç Reis | Oruç Reis | HMS P611 | 24 May 1939 | 19 July 1940 | 1 December 1941 (Royal Navy) 9 May 1942 (Turkish Navy) | Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957 |
| Uluç Ali Reis | Uluç Ali Reis | HMS P615 | 30 October 1939 | 1 November 1940 | 3 April 1942 | Sunk byU-boatU-123 18 April 1943 nearSierra Leone[1] |
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