HMS Phoenix (N96)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Phoenix
Namesake	Phoenix (mythology)
Ordered	7 February 1928
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	23 July 1928
Launched	3 October 1929
Commissioned	3 February 1931
Fate	Sunk 16 July 1940 by the Italian submarine chaser Albatros
General characteristics
Displacement	1,760 long tons (1,790 t) surfaced; 2,040 long tons (2,070 t) submerged;
Length	289 ft (88 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 2 × Admiralty diesel engines, 4,640 hp (3,460 kW); 2 × electric motors, 1,635 hp (1,219 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced; 8.6 kn (9.9 mph; 15.9 km/h) submerged;
Endurance	10,750 nmi (12,370 mi) at 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (surfaced); 70 nmi (81 mi) at 4 knots (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h) knots (submerged);
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)
Complement	53
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 14 reloads; 1 × QF 4-inch Mk XII deck gun; 2 × anti-aircraft machine guns;

HMS Phoenix was a Parthian-class submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in 1929. She was the eighteenth warship of the Royal Navy to use the name Phoenix. She served on the China Station from her commissioning until the start of the Second World War. Phoenix was then relocated to the Mediterranean Sea and was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros on 16 July 1940.

^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Phoenix (N 96)". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Akermann, Paul (1989). Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901–1955. Great Britain: Maritime Books. p. 298. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
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^ Robert Gardiner and Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780870219139.
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History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Phoenix
Namesake	Phoenix (mythology)
Ordered	7 February 1928^[1]
Builder	Cammell Laird^[2]
Laid down	23 July 1928^[2]
Launched	3 October 1929^[2]
Commissioned	3 February 1931^[2]
Fate	Sunk 16 July 1940 by the Italian submarine chaser Albatros^[3]
General characteristics ^[4]
Displacement	1,760 long tons (1,790 t) surfaced 2,040 long tons (2,070 t) submerged
Length	289 ft (88 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 × Admiralty diesel engines, 4,640 hp (3,460 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,635 hp (1,219 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced 8.6 kn (9.9 mph; 15.9 km/h) submerged
Endurance	10,750 nmi (12,370 mi) at 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (surfaced)^[5] 70 nmi (81 mi) at 4 knots (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h) knots (submerged)^[5]
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)^[6]
Complement	53
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 14 reloads 1 × QF 4-inch Mk XII deck gun 2 × anti-aircraft machine guns