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Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 12:26am

Submarines


Holland 602 class Submarine
- HMCS H1 (Training Ship, 1935. Laid Up, 1940)
- HMCS H2 (Training Ship, 1935. Laid Up, 1940)
- HMCS H3 (Training Ship, 1935. Laid Up, 1940)
- HMCS H4 (Training Ship, 1935. Laid Up, 1940)
- HMCS H5 (Training Ship, 1935. Laid Up, 1940)
- HMCS H6 (Training Ship, 1935. Laid Up, 1940)


L class Fleet Submarine
- HMCS L11 (Training Ship, 1940)
- HMCS L12 (Training Ship, 1940)
- HMCS L13 (Training Ship, 1940)
- HMCS L14 (Training Ship, 1940)
- HMCS L15 (Training Ship, 1940)
- HMCS L16 (Training Ship, 1940)


Shearwater class Cruiser Submarine
- HMCS Shearwater
- HMCS Bonaventure


Orca class Fast Attack Submarine
- HMCS Orca
- HMCS Narwhal
- HMCS Beluga
- HMCS Bottlenose
- HMCS Walrus
- HMCS Sea Otter
- HMCS Sea Mink
- HMCS Manatee
- HMCS Elephant Seal
- HMCS Dolphin
- HMCS Cachalot
- HMCS Pilot
- HMCS Right
- HMCS Bowhead
- HMCS Minke
- HMCS Humpback
- HMCS Sei
- HMCS Blue
- HMCS Fin
- HMCS Gray

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Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 12:32am

Holland 602 class Submarine
- HMCS H1
- HMCS H2
- HMCS H3
- HMCS H4
- HMCS H5
- HMCS H6


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Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 12:35am

L class Fleet Submarine
- HMCS L11
- HMCS L12
- HMCS L13
- HMCS L14
- HMCS L15
- HMCS L16

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Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 12:37am

Shearwater class Cruiser Submarine
- HMCS Shearwater
- HMCS Bonaventure

HMCS Shearwater, Canadian Cruiser Submarine laid down 1940

Displacement:
5,000 t light; 5,127 t standard; 5,554 t normal; 5,897 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
410.00 ft / 410.00 ft x 42.00 ft x 28.00 ft (normal load)
124.97 m / 124.97 m x 12.80 m x 8.53 m

Armament:
2 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns (1x2 guns), 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1940 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in a turret (on a barbette)
on centreline forward
8 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.88kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 182 lbs / 83 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
10 - 24.0" / 609.6 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.25" / 6 mm - 0.25" / 6 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 15,456 shp / 11,530 Kw = 22.00 kts
Range 11,800nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 770 tons

Complement:
321 - 418

Cost:
£1.533 million / $6.131 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 0.5 %
Armour: 1 tons, 0.0 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 1 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 413 tons, 7.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,308 tons, 59.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 555 tons, 10.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,250 tons, 22.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,568 lbs / 1,618 Kg = 42.9 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 1.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 0.99
Metacentric height 1.3 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 15.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 0 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.403
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.76 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.25 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 41 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 74.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.0 %
Waterplane Area: 10,620 Square feet or 987 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 242 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 200 lbs/sq ft or 976 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 3.24
- Longitudinal: 2.34
- Overall: 2.54
Caution: Poor stability - excessive risk of capsizing
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability

240 ft Operational depth
380 ft Emergency depth
600 ft Crush depth

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Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 12:37am

Orca class Fast Attack Submarine
Batch I
- HMCS Orca
- HMCS Narwhal
- HMCS Beluga
- HMCS Bottlenose
- HMCS Walrus
- HMCS Sea Otter
- HMCS Sea Mink
- HMCS Manatee
- HMCS Elephant Seal
- HMCS Dolphin
Batch II
- HMCS Cachalot
- HMCS Pilot
- HMCS Right
- HMCS Bowhead
- HMCS Minke
- HMCS Humpback
- HMCS Sei
- HMCS Blue
- HMCS Fin
- HMCS Gray

HMCS Orca, Canadian Fleet Submarine laid down 1941

Displacement:
1,500 t light; 1,541 t standard; 1,710 t normal; 1,844 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
280.00 ft / 280.00 ft x 28.00 ft x 18.00 ft (normal load)
85.34 m / 85.34 m x 8.53 m x 5.49 m

Armament:
1 - 5.50" / 140 mm guns in single mounts, 83.19lbs / 37.73kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose gun in deck mount
on centreline aft
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1941 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 84 lbs / 38 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
10 - 24.0" / 609.6 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion generators plus batteries,
Electric motors, 2 shafts, 7,014 shp / 5,232 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 303 tons

Complement:
132 - 172

Cost:
£0.540 million / $2.158 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 11 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 185 tons, 10.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 884 tons, 51.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 210 tons, 12.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 420 tons, 24.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
239 lbs / 108 Kg = 2.9 x 5.5 " / 140 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 0.96
Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m
Roll period: 14.3 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 0 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.424
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.73 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 174.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.0 %
Waterplane Area: 4,902 Square feet or 455 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 195 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 118 lbs/sq ft or 576 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 2.96
- Longitudinal: 1.82
- Overall: 2.05
Caution: Poor stability - excessive risk of capsizing
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability

205 ft Operational depth
325 ft Emergency depth
510 ft Crush depth