Japanese submarine Ro-35
- Displacement
- 1,115 long tons (1,133 t)
- Length
- 80.5 m (264.1 ft)
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Speed
- 19.8 knots (36.6 km/h, 22.7 mph)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 20125 March 1943 — 1 December 1943251 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-35
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 9 October 1941
- Launched
- 4 June 1942
- Commissioned
- 25 March 1943
- Struck
- 1 December 1943
- Fate
- Missing after 25 August 1943
Probably sunk 25 August 1943 (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,115 long tons (1,133 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,447 long tons (1,470 t)
- Length
- 80.5 m (264.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Draught
- 4.07 m (13.4 ft)
- Speed
- 19.8 knots (36.6 km/h, 22.7 mph)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Ro-35 was a submarine of the Kaichū type submarine (K7 subclass), operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan on 9 October 1941. She entered service on 25 March 1943, having been launched on 4 June 1942.
The boat displaced 1,115 long tons surfaced and 1,447 long tons submerged. She measured 80.5 m (264 ft) long with a beam of 7 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 19.8 knots.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 4,200 bhp.
She was in commission for 251 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1943.
She was sunk on 25 August 1943, at 12°57′S 164°23′E. The wreck survives.
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
- 2 × diesel engine (one per propeller shaft)
- 2 × electric motor (one per propeller shaft)
- Power
- 4200 bhp (diesel)
- 1200 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 4 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 76.2 mm L/40 anti-aircraft gun
- 2 × single 25 mm AA guns
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine Ro-31
- Japanese submarine Ro-33
- Japanese submarine Ro-34
- Japanese submarine Ro-36
- Japanese submarine Ro-37
- Japanese submarine Ro-38
- Japanese submarine Ro-39
- Japanese submarine Ro-40
- Japanese submarine Ro-41
- Japanese submarine Ro-42
- Japanese submarine Ro-43
- Japanese submarine Ro-44
- Japanese submarine Ro-45
- Japanese submarine Ro-46
- Japanese submarine Ro-47
- Japanese submarine Ro-48
- Japanese submarine Ro-49
- Japanese submarine Ro-50
- Japanese submarine Ro-55 (1944)
- Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-35 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.