Matchanu-class submarine
HTMS Matchanu | |
| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Operators | Royal Thai Navy |
| Built | 1936–38 |
| In commission | 19 July 1938 – 30 November 1951 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 51.00 m (167.32 ft) |
| Beam | 4.10 m (13.5 ft) |
| Draught | 3.60 m (11.8 ft) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 4,770 nmi (8,830 km; 5,490 mi) |
| Test depth | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Complement | 5 officers & 28 crew |
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The Matchanu class comprised the only four submarines ever employed by the Royal Thai Navy. They were built in Japan by Mitsubishi, and were in commission from 1938 throughout the Franco-Thai war and World War II. The boats were decommissioned following the Manhattan Rebellion in 1951 and the subsequent dissolution of the navy's Submarine Group.