Japanese submarine I-34

History
Japan
Name	I-34
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	January 1, 1941
Launched	September 24, 1941
Commissioned	August 31, 1942
Stricken	January 1944
Fate	Sunk by HMS Taurus, November 13, 1943
Service record
Part of:	Kure Submarine Squadron[1] Submarine Squadron 1 Submarine Squadron 8
Commanders:	Tonozuka Kinzo[1] August 31, 1942 – March 20, 1943 Irie Tatsuhi March 20, 1943 – November 13, 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Type B1 submarine
Displacement	2,589 long tons surfaced 3,654 long tons submerged
Length	108.7 m (357 ft) (overall)
Beam	9.3 m (31 ft)
Draught	5.14 m (16.9 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesels: 12,400 hp (9,200 kW) Electric motors: 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range	14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Endurance	90 days
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Complement	101 officers and men
Armament	6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes forward 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun[2] (17 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	one seaplane (Yokosuka E14Y1 Glen)

I-34 was a Kaidai Junsen Type B1 submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During World War II, while on a Yanagi mission between Japan and Germany carrying strategic raw materials and information, she was sunk by the British submarine HMS Taurus using Ultra intelligence.