Shrimp (X52)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	Midge XPW

Fate:

Broken Up 1965

Building X Craft Submarines	Read
My first glimpse of a Midget Submarine was about August 1942 when my then foreman in the Submarine Dock sent me to have my photograph taken to form a special pass to enter a secure area set in the North Shop (formerly the Gun Shop and now the Nuclear Build Shop) to work on a special project. I had no idea what the project was and doubted whether anyone else in working in my area did either.

Events

30-12-1954 :

Launched

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Length overall	51ft 7in
Beam	8ft 6in (with charges) / 5ft 9 1/2in (without charges)
Displacement	Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) / 29 1/2 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	300 foot
Speed	With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) / 5 knots (submerged)
No. of shafts	1
Armament	2 2-ton side charges, Limpet mines
Endurance	Surface: 1320 miles at 4 knots (with charges) 1860 miles at 4 knots (without charges) / Submerged: 80 miles at 2 knots (with charges)
Complement	4

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Shrimp (X52)

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