Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine N75

HMS Parthian (N75)

Parthian-class submarine

Displacement
1,475 long tons (1,499 t)
Length
79.25 m (260 ft)
Beam
8.53 m (28 ft)
Speed
17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
Complement
59
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Parthian13 January 1931 — 11 August 19431,440 days of the war
Parthian-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Parthian
Pennant / hull number
N75
Builder
Chatham Dockyard
Laid down
30 June 1928
Launched
22 June 1929
Commissioned
13 January 1931
Fate
Sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between 28 July and 11 August 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,475 long tons (1,499 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,040 long tons (2,073 t)
Length
79.25 m (260 ft)
Beam
8.53 m (28 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
Range
8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Complement
59
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Parthian was a Parthian-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N75. Her keel was laid at Chatham Dockyard on 30 June 1928. Launched on 22 June 1929, she entered service on 13 January 1931.

Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Odin-class submarine and was succeeded by the Rainbow-class submarine.

The boat displaced 1,475 long tons surfaced and 2,040 long tons submerged. She measured 79.2 m (260 ft) long with a beam of 8.5 m (28 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 59.

Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,440 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 11 August 1943. 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 Admiralty diesel engines, 4400 hp
  • 2 Electric motors, 1530 hp
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern)
  • 1 × 4 in deck gun
  • 2 × machine guns

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Parthian (N75) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.