Orcast-Class Submarine

Fact Log

 * Class: Orcast
 * Type: Diesel-Electric Submarine
 * Preceded by: Singer-Class
 * Succeeded by: Valiant-Class
 * Commissioned: (1928- 1940)
 * Planned: 35
 * Completed: 30
 * Cancelled: 0
 * Active: 0
 * Retired: 19
 * Displacement: 1,105 tons
 * Length: 250 ft (304.8 m)
 * Beam: 20 ft
 * Draft: 12 ft
 * Installed Power: 3,000 shp (Surface) 1,100 shp (Submerged)
 * Propulsion: 1 shaft, 2 Trident-I Diesel Engines driving 2 Elexsor Electric Generators. 2 x 100 cell Makk Batteries.
 * Speed: 8 Knots (Surface)
 * Depth: 290 ft
 * Range: 8,200 NMI
 * Complement: 92 - 100
 * Armament:
 * 10 x 21 in SMM-10 Torpedo Tubes
 * 1 x 5 in Deck Gun
 * 2 x Bofors 40mm twin AA guns

Ships in Class

 * M.I.S Orcast (1928 - 1938) (Retired) - Museum
 * M.I.S Exelsor (1928 - 1932) (Sunk)
 * M.I.S Corrbine (1929 - 1939) (Sunk)
 * M.I.S Grimear (1929 - 1940 (Retired)
 * M.I.S Yuri (1929 - 1935) (Retired)
 * M.I.S Catspan (1929 - 1940) (Retired)
 * M.I.S Hamerfell (1929 - 1939) (Sunk)
 * TO BE EXPANDED*

Overview
After WWI and the decade to follow, the fleet of Singer-Class submarines in operation with the Merick Isles Imperial Navy rapidly became outdated. Looking for a quick fix to this issue, the Navy issued a demand onto the ship building companies to create a new submarine that would "Shine for Generations to come".

Being the best design to incorporate Diesel-Electric engines and 10 Torpedo Tubes (the perfered amount), the "Orcast" was choosen to lead the new class. However, this new submarine only looked good on paper. It was flawed in many ways and these problems would come to show in the mid-1930s.

