Japanese submarine I-11
Service
- as Submarine No. 12516 May 1942 — 30 April 1944713 days of the war
- Name
- I-11
- Builder
- Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 10 April 1939
- Launched
- 28 February 1941
- Commissioned
- 16 May 1942
- Struck
- 30 April 1944
- Fate
- Missing after 11 January 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,919 long tons (2,966 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 4,129 long tons (4,195 t)
- Length
- 113.7 m (373 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.5 m (31.2 ft)
- Draught
- 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Range
- 16,000 nmi (29,632 km)
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-11 was a Type A1 submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 10 April 1939. Launched on 28 February 1941, she entered service on 16 May 1942.
The class followed the Type J3 submarine and was succeeded by the Type A2 submarine.
The boat displaced 2,919 long tons surfaced and 4,129 long tons submerged. She measured 113.7 m (373 ft) long with a beam of 9.5 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 23.5 knots.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. She carried one aircraft. Her machinery developed 12,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 713 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 30 April 1944.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 1 × diesel engine
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 12400 bhp (diesel)
- 2400 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 140 mm/40 deck gun
- 2 × twin 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
- Aircraft
- 1 × Yokosuka E14Y seaplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-11 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons