| Built By: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Build Group: | Thames |
| Fate: | Sold to South African Navy, 1920, to become General Botha |
Pennant Numbers:
Completed conversion to a depot ship in July, 1903.
Distribution of RN Submarines WW1
The British Fleet at the moment when war was declared possessed 72 submarine torpedo-boats built and 22 building. Some of these were, however, stationed at the oversea naval bases.
| Displacement | 4050 tons |
| Length | 300ft |
| Beam | 46ft |
| Draught | 19ft 9in |
| Speed | 17.2 knots |
| Armament | Nil |
| Compliment | 187 |
This biography was compiled after some information and copies of letters and a diary were sent to me by John Howe a colleague in New Zealand. Some documents about Robert 'Bob' Lockyer had been sent to him by a relative of Robert now living in New Zealand. Robert joined Submarines in early 1914 served on Submarines D4, D3 and E17 before being interned in Holland after E17 was lost after running aground off the Dutch Coast.
A special group of navy divers is created when a disabled Nazi warship is discovered in a fjord in Norway. Commander Bolton (James Caan) is the Canadian expert designated to train the new unit. Their mission is to plant a bomb on the warship as it undergoes repairs. The hard-driving Bolton encounters resentment from the British soldiers he trains, but he ultimately earns their respect as a leader. Their intense training operation is interrupted by an attack of Nazi paratroopers just before the unit leaves for Norway. Spectacular underwater photography is seen in this World War II adventure story based on an actual mission
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| Displacement | 4050 tons |
| Length | 300ft |
| Beam | 46ft |
| Draught | 19ft 9in |
| Speed | 17.2 knots |
| Armament | Nil |
| Compliment | 187 |
This biography was compiled after some information and copies of letters and a diary were sent to me by John Howe a colleague in New Zealand. Some documents about Robert 'Bob' Lockyer had been sent to him by a relative of Robert now living in New Zealand. Robert joined Submarines in early 1914 served on Submarines D4, D3 and E17 before being interned in Holland after E17 was lost after running aground off the Dutch Coast.
A special group of navy divers is created when a disabled Nazi warship is discovered in a fjord in Norway. Commander Bolton (James Caan) is the Canadian expert designated to train the new unit. Their mission is to plant a bomb on the warship as it undergoes repairs. The hard-driving Bolton encounters resentment from the British soldiers he trains, but he ultimately earns their respect as a leader. Their intense training operation is interrupted by an attack of Nazi paratroopers just before the unit leaves for Norway. Spectacular underwater photography is seen in this World War II adventure story based on an actual mission
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