Parthian class submarine
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The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarine
Submarine
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s built for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships were almost identical to the Odin class
Odin class submarine
The Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six...
, the only difference being a different bow shape.
Ships
| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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| (ex-Python) | 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 &... , Barrow |
22 August 1929 | Sunk by Italian aircraft in harbour at Valetta, Malta 1 April 1942. Raised in September 1943, but not repaired. Hulk scrapped in 1955. |
| Chatham Dockyard Chatham Dockyard Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional... |
22 June 1929 | Lost between 6 August and 11 August 1943 in the Adriatic. Presumed mined Naval mine A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel... . |
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| 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 &... , Barrow |
22 May 1929 | Mined ? in the Ionian Sea between the islands of Kefallonia and Zakinthos off the west coast of Greece, 6 December 1941. | |
| Cammell Laird Cammell Laird Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company... |
3 October 1929 | Presumed sunk on 16 July 1940 in depth charge attack by the Italian Torpedo boat Albatros off the coast of Sicily Sicily Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,... . |
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| 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 &... , Barrow |
21 June 1929 | Sank in accidental collision with merchant steamer on 9 June 1931. | |
| 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 &... , Barrow |
23 July 1929 | Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon Troon Troon is a town in South Ayrshire. It is situated on the west coast of Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. Lying across the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Arran can be seen. Troon is also a port with freight and ferry services... |
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