Parthian class submarine
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The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines developed for the Royal Navy. Similar to the Oberon class, and almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow shape. The P class submarines displaced 1,475 tons unloaded, or 2,040 fully loaded. They were capable of 17.5 knots surface speed, and 9 knots submerged being powered by a 4,600 hp diesel engine or a 1,350 electric motor, with twin screws. Their crew complement was 53 men. Armament consisted of one 4 inch gun, two 20mm machine guns, as well as eight 21" torpedo tubes (six in the bow, two in the stern). After 1942, surviving submarines were fitted to be able to jettison mines through the torpedo tubes.
| HMS Pandora (N 42) | August 22nd, 1929 | Lost on March 31st, 1942, later salvaged and then scrapped in 1955. |
| HMS Parthian (N 75) | June 22nd, 1929 | Lost on August 11th, 1943. Presumed mined in the Adriatic. |
| HMS Perseus (N 36) | May 22nd, 1929 | Lost on December 1st, 1941. Torpedoed by Italian S/M Enrico Tuti off Zante. |
| HMS Phoenix (N 96) | October 3rd, 1929 | Lost on July 17th, 1940. |
| HMS Poseidon | June 21st, 1929 | Lost on June 9th, 1931. |
| HMS Proteus (N 29) | July 23rd, 1929 | Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon.
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