Oruç Reis-class submarine

Turkish submarine TCGOruç Reis
Class overview
Name	P611/Oruç Reis
Operators	Royal Navy Turkish Navy
Preceded by	U class
Succeeded by	V class
Completed	4
Lost	1
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	624 tons standard, 683 tons full load surfaced 856 tons submerged
Length	64 m (210 ft)
Beam	6.81 m (22.3 ft)
Draught	3.61 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric Vickers diesels - 1,200hp(890 kW) Electric motors - 780 hp (580 kW)
Speed	13.7 knots (25.4 km/h) surfaced 8.4 knots (15.6 km/h) submerged
Range	2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	40
Armament	5 ×21 in (533 mm)torpedo tubes - 4 bow internal, 1 stern external 9 torpedoes 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 1 ×20 mmgun

TheOruç Reis-class submarineswere ordered by theTurkish Navyfrom the British companyVickersin 1939. They were similar to the BritishS-classsubmarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S-class machinery but only fourbowtorpedo tubes.The four boats were requisitioned by theRoyal Navyon the outbreak ofWorld War IIand fought in the British fleet as theP611class.Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat fromNazi Germanyand the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish Navy after the end of the war in 1945. P615 had been sunk in 1943. The three Turkish boats werescrappedin 1957.

P614andP615appear in the filmWe Dive at Dawnas HMSSea Tiger.

Ships

All were built byVickersinBarrow-in-Furness.

Construction data

Turkish name	Namesake	Royal Navy number	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Burak Reis	Burak Reis	HMSP614	24 May 1939	19 October 1940	10 March 1942 (Royal Navy) 17 January 1946 (Turkish Navy)	Returned to Turkey 1945, Scrapped 1957
Murat Reis	Murat Reis	HMSP612	24 May 1939	20 July 1940	7 January 1942 (Royal Navy) 16 May 1942 (Turkish Navy)	Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957
Oruç Reis	Oruç Reis	HMSP611	24 May 1939	19 July 1940	1 December 1941 (Royal Navy) 9 May 1942 (Turkish Navy)	Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957
Uluç Ali Reis	Uluç Ali Reis	HMSP615	30 October 1939	1 November 1940	3 April 1942	Sunk byU-boatU-12318 April 1943 nearSierra Leone

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  TCGOruç Reis
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  TCGMurat Reis

See also

• HMSAgincourtA World War I warship paid for by Imperial Turkey but seized by the Royal Navy upon outbreak of war.
• HMSErinAnother World War I warship paid for by Imperial Turkey but seized by the Royal Navy upon outbreak of war.

External links

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