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MATCHANU-Type Submarine

MATCHANU

Units 4
Ships MATCHAN, WIRUN SINSAMUT and PHLAI-CHUMPHON
Builder and Year Completed Missubishi, Kobe
1937
Displacement 374.5/430 tons
Dimensions 51 m (165.7) ft x 4.1m (13.3 ft) x 3.6 (11.7 ft)
Machinery Two 8-cylinder diesel @ 1100 HP, 540HP Generator

Speed 10 knots cruising
Range 7,477 nm @ 10 knots
Armament One 76-mm cannon, four 18-inch (45-cm) torpedo tubes
Crew 33- 5 officers and 28 Enlisted