HNLMS Dolfijn (1942)
Service
- as HMS P472,193 days of the war
- as HNLMS Dolfijn8 October 1942 — December 19461,060 days of the war
- Name
- HNLMS Dolfijn
- Pennant / hull number
- 1942
- Builder
- Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
- Laid down
- 19 November 1941
- Launched
- 27 July 1942
- Commissioned
- 8 October 1942
- Decommissioned
- December 1946
- Fate
- Scrapped 1952 (1952)
- Status
- Scrapped
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)
HNLMS Dolfijn was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1942. Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 19 November 1941. She entered service on 8 October 1942, having been launched on 27 July 1942.
She was one of 53 ships of her class.
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 served with the Royal Navy as HMS P47. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as HNLMS Dolfijn from 8 October 1942. She was in commission for 3,253 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in December 1946.
She was broken up for scrap in 1952.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Two shaft diesel-electric
- Two 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
- French submarine Curie (P67)
- HMS P32 (1940)
- HMS P33 (1941)
- HMS P36 (1941)
- HMS P38 (1941)
- HMS P39
- HMS P47
- HMS P48 (1942)
- HMS Ultimatum
- HMS Ultor
- HMS Umbra
- HMS Umpire (N82)
- HMS Una
- HMS Unbeaten
- HMS Unbending
- HMS Unbroken
- HMS Undaunted (N55)
- HMS Undine (N48)
- HMS Union (N56)
- HMS Unique (N95)
- HMS Unison
- HMS United
- HMS Unity (N66)
- HMS Universal
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNLMS Dolfijn (1942) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Marine — https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/46277b5c-4ec2-25fe-b2dc-da2de6555ae0/media/b134217d-59be-575a-1f74-147a4cdd6ce6 — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons