| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | Cormorant |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1949 and broken up at Malaga. |
The Gibraltar Submarine Flotilla based on HMS Cormorant - the Flag Ship of the Admiral Commanding at Gibraltar.
Renamed HMS Rooke in 1946 and scrapped in 1949, being broken up at Malaga.
| 12-09-1877 | Launched |
| 02-07-1878 | Commissioned |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 29th Jul, 1930 | |
| Motto | Laboris avidus. (Greedy of work.) | |
| Symbology | A fish and eel eater, larger than the more common shag. | |
| Design Notes | A gold cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a rock holding a silver eel in his beak on a blue background. | |
| Additional Notes | The name was given to the RN Base at Gibraltar from 1889 to 1946, which later became HMS Rooke. | |
| Displacement | 1,130 long tons |
| Length | 170 ft |
| Beam | 36 ft |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in |
| Depth | 19 ft 6 in |
| Installed power | 951 bhp |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft |
| 1 x 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine | |
| 3 x cylindrical boilers | |
| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Range | 1,480 nmi at 10 knots |
| Complement | 140 |
| Armament | 2 x 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns |
| 4 x 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 29th Jul, 1930 | |
| Motto | Laboris avidus. (Greedy of work.) | |
| Symbology | A fish and eel eater, larger than the more common shag. | |
| Design Notes | A gold cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a rock holding a silver eel in his beak on a blue background. | |
| Additional Notes | The name was given to the RN Base at Gibraltar from 1889 to 1946, which later became HMS Rooke. | |
| Displacement | 1,130 long tons |
| Length | 170 ft |
| Beam | 36 ft |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in |
| Depth | 19 ft 6 in |
| Installed power | 951 bhp |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft |
| 1 x 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine | |
| 3 x cylindrical boilers | |
| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Range | 1,480 nmi at 10 knots |
| Complement | 140 |
| Armament | 2 x 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns |
| 4 x 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns |
This article covers the background, development and main technical points of the NATO Ships Inertial Navigation System (NATO SINS). This uses new technology in the form of the Ring Laser Gyro (RLG) to make a major reduction through-life cost and size/weight, compared to current equipment
This fascinating series from HISTORY™ will explore the world of the US Navy Submariner in World War II.
We'll dive deep to periscope depth in the Pacific and hunt a convoy of Japanese freighters, surface in the Atlantic and fire upon a stricken German U-Boat, sneak into Tokyo Bay and wreck havoc upon the Japanese Fleet and learn about the men who lived and hunted under the sea, while discussing the different submarines and their use in war.
Plus we'll explore the tactics used to destroy the enemy and how submarines contributed to the final defeat of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
Take a journey beneath the waves and discover the incredible story behind The Submarines of World War II: The Silent Service.
Over six hours of footage across four discs tell the fascinating stories of the submarines of World War II.
20 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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