HMS VOX. VORACIOUS. VIRTUE

Royal Navy Submarines.

HMS VOX. VORACIOUS. VIRTUE

UK

Royal Navy Submarines.

Name: Vox / Sous-Marin Curie

Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 29 April 1942
Launched: 23 January 1943
Commissioned: 2 May 1943
Out of service: 2 May 1943 transferred to FNFL
Reinstated: July 1946 returned to Royal Navy
Fate: Scrapped, May 1949 at Milford Haven
Badge: HMS Vox badge.jpg
General characteristics
Displacement:
Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load
Submerged - 740 tons
Length: 196 ft 9 in (59.97 m)
Beam: 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Draught: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Propulsion:
2 shaft diesel-electric
2 Paxman-Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
615 / 825 hp
Speed:
11.25 knots (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) max surfaced
9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) max submerged
Complement: 4 officers, 33 men (in French service)
Armament:
4 bow internal, 2 bow external 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes: 8 - 10 torpedoes
1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
3 × AA machine guns

details: Wikipedia

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green collection Vic Australia


Photo Credits: The late Allan Green collection Vic Australia