HMS Phoenix (N96)
Service
- as HMS Phoenix3 February 1931 — 16 July 1940319 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Phoenix
- Pennant / hull number
- N96
- Namesake
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Builder
- Cammell Laird
- Ordered
- 7 February 1928
- Laid down
- 23 July 1928
- Launched
- 3 October 1929
- Commissioned
- 3 February 1931
- Fate
- Sunk 16 July 1940 by the Italian submarine chaser Albatros
By submarine (1940) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,760 long tons (1,788 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,040 long tons (2,073 t)
- Length
- 88.09 m (289 ft)
- Beam
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Complement
- 53
HMS Phoenix was a Parthian-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N96. The ship was named after Phoenix. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird on 23 July 1928. Launched on 3 October 1929, she entered service on 3 February 1931.
She was one of four ships of her class. The class followed the Odin-class submarine and was succeeded by the Rainbow-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,760 long tons surfaced and 2,040 long tons submerged. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 53.
She was in commission for 319 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 16 July 1940 by submarine. 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, 4640 hp
- 2 × electric motors, 1635 hp
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 14 reloads
- 1 × QF 4-inch Mk XII deck gun
- 2 × anti-aircraft machine guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Phoenix (N96) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — www.rnsubs.co.uk — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons