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The ''Oruç Reis''-class submarines were ordered by the
Turkish Navy The Turkish Naval Forces (), or Turkish Navy (), is the naval warfare service branch of the TAF. The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was established as the ''Directorate o ...
from the British company
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in 1939. They were similar to the British S-class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S-class machinery but only four bow
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s. The four boats were requisitioned by the
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on the outbreak of
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and fought in the British fleet as the ''P611'' class. Two submarines were delivered to the Turks in 1942 in order to bolster Turkish strength against the threat from
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and the remaining surviving submarine was delivered to the Turkish Navy after the end of the war in 1945. P615 had been sunk in 1943. The three Turkish boats were scrapped in 1957. ''P614'' and ''P615'' appear in the film ''
We Dive at Dawn ''We Dive at Dawn'' is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance from F ...
'' as HMS ''Sea Tiger''.


Ships

All were built by
Vickers Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 18 ...
in
Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...
. File:Turkish submarine Oruc Reis 1942.jpg, TCG ''Oruç Reis'' File:Turkish submarine Murad Reis 1942.jpg, TCG ''Murat Reis''


See also

* A World War I warship paid for by Imperial Turkey but seized by the Royal Navy upon outbreak of war. * Another World War I warship paid for by Imperial Turkey but seized by the Royal Navy upon outbreak of war.


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