Parthian-class submarine

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The Parthian-class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These boats were almost identical to the Template:Sclass, the only difference being a different bow shape.

Boats

Construction data

Name	Builder	Launched	Fate
Template:HMS (ex-Python)	Vickers, Barrow	22 August 1929	Sunk by Italian aircraft in harbour at Valletta, Malta, 1 April 1942; Raised but not repaired, September 1943; Hulk scrapped, 1955
Template:HMS	Chatham Dockyard	22 June 1929	Lost in the Adriatic, presumed mined, 6 AugustTemplate:Snd11 August 1943
Template:HMS	Vickers, Barrow	22 May 1929	Mined in the Ionian Sea between the islands of Kefallonia and Zakynthos off the west coast of Greece, 6 December 1941
Template:HMS	Cammell Laird	3 October 1929	Presumed sunk in depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros off the coast of Sicily, 16 July 1940
Template:HMS	Vickers, Barrow	21 June 1929	Sank in accidental collision with a merchant steamer, 9 June 1931; Wreck alleged to have been salvaged by China during 1970s
Template:HMS	Vickers, Barrow	23 July 1929	Scrapped at Troon, March 1946

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