Spur (P265)

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Spur (P265)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Decommissioned in 1969.

Spur (P265)

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First all welded cover plate From 3 August 1945 to 23 August 1945

HMS Spur claimed the sinking of a total of 11 junks sunk by gunfire & demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca Transferred to Portugal in 1948 and renamed Narval.

Events

01-10-1943	Laid Down

17-11-1944	Launched

18-02-1945	Completed

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Length overall	217 ft
Beam	23 ft 6 inch
Depth	11 ft
Diving Depth	350 ft
Speed	Surface 15 knots (design)
	Surface 14.75 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Endurance	Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design)
Armament (i)	6 x 21 inch bow tubes
	1 21 inch stern tube
	(13 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 3 inch gun
	3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
	1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon
Complement	48
Note	The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.

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