"Of
all the branches of men in the Forces, there is none which shows more devotion
and faces grimmer perils than the submariner.
Great deeds are done in the air
and on the land; nevertheless, nothing surpasses your exploits." Winston
Churchill.
"Only in
attack does a submarine reveal herself, before creeping away to the concealment
of the deep"
Class & Type: S Class Submarine
Builder: Cammell
Laird Birkenhead
Laid Down: 10 Jan 1944
Launched: 15
February 1945
Commissioned: 13 May 1945
Sold to Israel:
1958
Canibalised for Spares for Tanin: 1968
Displacement:
814 - 872 Tons surfaced 990 tons submerged
Length: 217 feet
Beam: 23 ft 6 inches
Draught: 11 feet
Speed: 14.75 knots
surface. 8 knots submerged
Complement: 48 officers and men
Armament: 6 forward 21 inch tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes
1
x 3 inch gun. 2 20mm cannon 3 x .303 calibre machine gun
