HMS Proteus (N29)

HMS Proteus (N29)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Proteus
Ordered	7 February 1928
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	19 July 1928
Launched	22 August 1929
Completed	17 June 1930
Commissioned	5 May 1930
Decommissioned	30 June 1944
Fate	Scrapped at Troon, Feb-Mar 1946
Notes	Used for patrol mainly within the Mediterranean Sea.
General characteristics
Class and type	Parthian-class submarine
Displacement	1,788 long tons (1,817 t) surfaced 2,040 long tons (2,070 t) submerged
Length	289 ft (88 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	15 ft 11 in (4.85 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 Admiralty diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) 2 Electric motors, 1,530 hp (1,140 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	53
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) 1 × 4 in (102 mm) deck gun 2 × machine guns
Notes	Pennant number: N29

HMS Proteus was a Parthian-class submarine designed and built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 18 July 1928, launched on 22 August 1929 and completed on 17 June 1930.^[1] Like other submarines in her class she served on the China Station before the war. In the Second World War, mainly based at Alexandria in the Mediterranean, Proteus sank 15 enemy vessels and damaged several others during her service.