| 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 |
| 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 |
No history of submarine warfare in World War Two could be complete without a mention of the
David Suchet narrates the BBC series featuring the Royal Navy's Hunter-Killer submarine, HMS Splendid, on a top secret three-month mission.
After travelling from its Farlane base to San Diego, the sub is charged with testing the first Tomahawk cruise missile, and the crew is followed every step of the way.
Also included is a feature on the sub's new Lieutenant Commander as he undergoes the 'Perisher' selection course.
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| 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 |
No history of submarine warfare in World War Two could be complete without a mention of the
David Suchet narrates the BBC series featuring the Royal Navy's Hunter-Killer submarine, HMS Splendid, on a top secret three-month mission.
After travelling from its Farlane base to San Diego, the sub is charged with testing the first Tomahawk cruise missile, and the crew is followed every step of the way.
Also included is a feature on the sub's new Lieutenant Commander as he undergoes the 'Perisher' selection course.
13 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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