Oruç Reis class submarine
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The Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy
from the British company Vickers
in 1939. They were similar to the British S class
submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes. The four boats were requisitioned by the Royal Navy
on the outbreak of World War II and fought in the British fleet as the P611 class. Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat from Nazi Germany and the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish navy after the end of the war in 1945. The three Turkish boats were scrapped in 1957.
The P614 and P615 appear in the film We Dive at Dawn
as HMS Sea Tiger.
in Barrow-in-Furness
Turkish Navy
The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...
from the British company Vickers
Vickers
Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
in 1939. They were similar to the British S class
British S class submarine (1931)
The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines...
submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes. The four boats were requisitioned by the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
on the outbreak of World War II and fought in the British fleet as the P611 class. Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat from Nazi Germany and the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish navy after the end of the war in 1945. The three Turkish boats were scrapped in 1957.
The P614 and P615 appear in the film We Dive at Dawn
We Dive at Dawn
We Dive at Dawn is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith, starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance from Frank Launder...
as HMS Sea Tiger.
Ships
All were built by VickersVickers
Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
in Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
| Turkish Name | Named After | Royal Navy number | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burak Reis | Burak Reis | HMS P614 | 19 October 1940 | returned to Turkey 1945, Scrapped 1957 |
| Murat Reis | Murat Reis | HMS P612 | 20 July 1940 | Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957 |
| Oruç Reis | Oruç Reis | HMS P611 HMS P611 HMS P611 was a submarine of the Oruç Reis class originally built for the Turkish Navy, but commissioned into the Royal Navy after the outbreak of war.... |
19 July 1940 | Returned to Turkey May 1942, Scrapped 1957 |
| Uluç Ali Reis | Uluç Ali Reis | HMS P615 | 1 November 1940 | Sunk by U-Boat U-boat U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II... U123 near Sierra Leone |