It had a total length of , a beam of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two oil-fired Yarrow Shipbuilders boilers each supplying one geared Brown-Curtis or Parsons steam turbine; this developed 10,500 ship horsepower (7,800 kW) to drive two  screws.
The submarine measured in total length, had a beam of , and a draft depth of . It was propelled by two oil-fired Yarrow boilers each driving one geared Brown-Curtis or Parsons steam engine; these engines generated 10,500 horsepower (7,800 kilowatts) to power two screws.