HMS P611
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 |
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| Name | Oruç Reis |
| Acquired | 9 May 1942 |
| Fate | Broken up 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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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TCG Oruç Reis
She was a modified British S class design launched on 19 July 1940 by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow. Due to the pressing need for her, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 1 December 1941 so she could be sent to Turkey. It was not until 26 March 1942 that she left the Clyde for Gibraltar. On 7 April she left Gibraltar for Alexandria, where she arrived on 25 April. She arrived at the Turkish naval base at İskenderun on 9 May 1942 and was handed over to the Turkish Navy as Oruç Reis. She would continue in service with the Turkish Navy, operating in the Mediterranean, and remained in service after the war ended. She was finally broken up in 1957.
References
- "HMS P611". uboat.net.
- "P311 to P714". British submarines of World War II. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
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