| 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 |
They're a funny breed, these submariners. They score at the top of the military entrance exams and can thrive for weeks beneath the surface of the sea in what amounts to a sophisticated tin can loaded with some of the world's most lethal weapons. They have their own rituals and initiations; their own language and bars. They tell jokes, love a good prank and will wrestle on the floor like puppies.
Hell-bent on starving the British into surrender, Hitlers U-Boats prowled the Atlantic in packs like hungry wolves sending ships, supplies and thousands of men to a watery grave. Stealthy and undetected, the German submarines of WW2 were unparalleled in the ability of sneak attack.
Their goal was to destroy merchant shipping bound for the British Isles with essential supplies, and bring the country to the brink of starvation and total collapse allowing an easy Nazi invasion.
This new DVD release contains spectacular footage of operation U-Boats, detailed graphics and additional featurs including a gallery of U-Boat types, and in-depth Tech Specs.
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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 |
They're a funny breed, these submariners. They score at the top of the military entrance exams and can thrive for weeks beneath the surface of the sea in what amounts to a sophisticated tin can loaded with some of the world's most lethal weapons. They have their own rituals and initiations; their own language and bars. They tell jokes, love a good prank and will wrestle on the floor like puppies.
Hell-bent on starving the British into surrender, Hitlers U-Boats prowled the Atlantic in packs like hungry wolves sending ships, supplies and thousands of men to a watery grave. Stealthy and undetected, the German submarines of WW2 were unparalleled in the ability of sneak attack.
Their goal was to destroy merchant shipping bound for the British Isles with essential supplies, and bring the country to the brink of starvation and total collapse allowing an easy Nazi invasion.
This new DVD release contains spectacular footage of operation U-Boats, detailed graphics and additional featurs including a gallery of U-Boat types, and in-depth Tech Specs.
11 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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Thankyou for your support.
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