XE2

Built By:	Broadbent (Huddersfield)
Build Group:	XE
Fate:	Scrapped Australia 1945/46

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Unofficially named Xerxes

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XE Specification

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

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Building X Craft Submarines

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.

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Women Serving in Submarines	Read
There has always been much concern about whether women should serve in Submarines and Submariners to a man, have always said 'No Way'. However it seems that without us realising it (women serving in Submarines) has been going on for years! George Meadows has highlighted a case that he knows of!