British V-class submarine

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V-class profile
HMS Voracious
Class overview
Name	V class
Builders	Vickers-Armstrong
Operators	Royal Navy  Free French Naval Forces  Royal Danish Navy Royal Hellenic Navy  Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by	U class
Succeeded by	Amphion class
Planned	42
Completed	34 named (8 more never named) of which only 22 were completed.
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	Surfaced – 545 tons standard, 658 tons full load Submerged – 740 tons
Length	204 ft 6 in (62.33 m)
Beam	16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Draught	15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric, 2 Paxman diesel generators + electric motors, 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW)
Speed	11.25 kn (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Complement	33
Armament	4 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes – (bow internal), 8 torpedoes 1 × 3 in gun

The British V-class submarine (officially "U-Class Long hull 1941–42 programme") was a class of submarines built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War.^[1]