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 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.

The Parthian class was designed as an improvement of the earlier Odin class; the new class was larger, built with a raked stem, and given a shield to cover the 4-inch gun. The class had a design flaw in that the riveted external fuel tanks leaked, leaving an oil trail on the surface.Phoenix was fitted with a four-cycle blast-injection eight-cylinder diesel engine, which provided 4,640 horsepower (3,460 kW); submerged propulsion was provided by a 1,635 horsepower (1,219 kW) electric motor.Phoenix was 289 feet (88.1 m) long with a breadth of 30 feet (9.1 m) and displaced 2,040 long tons (2,070 t) of water while submerged.

All submarines of the Parthian-class were outfitted with eight 21-inch torpedo tubes, one QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XII deck gun, and two machine guns. The class was the first to be outfitted with the Mark VIII torpedo.Phoenix had six tubes in the bow and two tubes at the stern. Submarines of the Parthian class were designed for a complement of 53 officers and men.Phoenix had a crew of 56.

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