Conway Maritime Press - Warship 44

21in Mk x the bow, French 550mm 24Y type aft. Both the
fixed groups oftorpedo tubes could befired atmaximum of15
knots while the central pivot mountings at a maximum of 5
knots when submerged and trained athwartship.
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Three sets of the Barr and Stroud type periscopes of 6in
diameter and 8000mm optical length were fitted:
- Cruising periscope in the central station, with the
tilting top lens which could be raised up to 70o for sky
obsewation, angular field 40o.
- Attack periscope in the conning tower, with range
estimator, direct reading scale coupled to the
Anschiitz type giro-compass, angular field 40'.
- Night periscope in the conning tower, angular fields
40o and 10o.
The Sall Selsyn bottom log was fitted and echo-sounding
equipment comprised:
- Submarine sigrralling installation with three transmitters
mounted on each side of the hull.
- Submarine listening installation with direction finder
of a multiplot type with nine receivers mounted on
Auxiliary central etation of Orzel, etarboard side looking
forward. On the extreme left is the door to the central
station; then the night periscope and hydraulic ram. On
1!" lqtt_t in the foreground is the ventilating station.
Koninhlijhe Maatsclwppii de Schel.de
The four reserve bunks were provided in the wardroom, Four
senior pett5r officers were berthed in two double quarters, the
remaining officers in the general quarters in the petty
officers' mess. Eighteen men were housed in each of the
torpedo compartments.
The following specialists comprised the complement of 54
non-commissioned men: four sigaalmen, four gunners, seven
torpedo-miners, ten electricians, 20 mechanicians, four radio
operators, three stewards, one cook and one stretcher.beaier.
The food stores provided capacity suffrcient for 12 weeks.
Table 1 BurLDn{cDATA
Auxiliary central station of Orzel looking aft at the bulkhead
at frame 66. The hatchno the engine room is in the
@ntre, and on the right the door to the galley. On the left
are the turboblowers and the ventilation operating etation.
I{oninkliike Maatechappij ile Schelde
PL+ Name Builder Yard No
O OF"ZEL K M de Schelde, Vlissingen 205
S SEP RDM, Rotterdam 196
Commis-
Lai.d down Launched Sea trials Deliuered sbned
14:8:1935 15:1:38 23:8:39 2:2:39 10:2:39
15:7:1936 17:10:38 23:l:39 16:4:39 ,2:4:39.
+Pendant Letter, planned but did not actually carry
following cessation of the scheme in November 1937.
each side of the bow;
- Bottom Atlas type echo-sounder with two transmitters.
- ICAM ultrasonar type ultrasonic detection and
signalling system.
The AVIA type wireless and radio D,zF of Polish
manufacture was fitted. The internal communication was
provided by a telephone, doubled by voice pipes from the
bridge and conning tower to 105mm gun position and the
central station.
T\vo portable signal lamps could be mounted on both sides
of the open bridge.
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The complement comprised six officers, 18 petty officers and
36 seamen. The commander and first offrcer were berthed in
private quarters, the other officers in two double quarters.
Table 2 Meru DrunNsrous
Displacement: 992.5 tons (standard), 1110.3ms
(moulded), 1473.5m3 (moulded)
Length:
83:0m (wl), 84.0m (oa)
Bearn:
6.57m (wl), 6.7m (moulded)
Depth:
6.35m (moulded)
Draught:
4.17m (moulded)
Reserue bznyancy: 32.7Vo
Diuing depth: 80m (operational)
Metarentric height: 0.6m/0.225m
Ballasttankstotal: 437.1m9
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