HMS P611

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS P611
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down24 May 1939
Launched19 July 1940
Commissioned1 December 1941
FateTransferred to the Turkish Navy, 9 May 1942
Turkey
NameOruç Reis
Acquired9 May 1942
FateBroken up 1957
General characteristics
Class & typeOruç Reis-class submarine
Displacement
  • 624 tons standard, 683 tons full load surfaced
  • 856 tons submerged
Length64 m (210 ft)
Beam6.81 m (22.3 ft)
Draught3.61 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • Two shaft diesel-electric
  • Vickers diesels – 1200 hp
  • Electric motors – 780 hp
Speed
  • 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h) submerged
Range2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement41 men
Armament
  • 5 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes – 4 bow internal, one stern external
  • nine torpedoes
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 1 × 20 mm gun

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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