HMS P39

U-class submarine

Displacement: 540 long tons (549 t)
Length: 58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam: 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Speed: 11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement: 27
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

Service

Royal Navy as HMS P3916 November 1941 — 26 March 1942130 days of the war

U-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS P39
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 14 October 1940
Launched: 23 August 1941
Commissioned: 16 November 1941
Fate: Destroyed in an air raid 26 March 1942 (1942)
Status: Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 540 long tons (549 t)
Displacement, submerged: 730 long tons (742 t)
Length: 58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam: 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Draught: 4.62 m (15.2 ft)
Speed: 11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement: 27
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

HMS P39 was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness on 14 October 1940. Launched on 23 August 1941, she entered service on 16 November 1941.

Her class ran to 53 ships.

The boat displaced 540 long tons surfaced and 730 long tons submerged. She measured 58.2 m (191 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 11.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 27. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 130 days of the Second World War.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: Two shaft diesel-electric
2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
615 / 825 hp
Armament: Four bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 - 10 torpedoes
One 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS P39 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.