| Built By: | Taikoo Dockyard (Hong Kong) |
| Build Group: | Wuchang |
| Fate: | Returned to her owner in April 1946 |
A shallow river steamer requisitioned by the Royal Navy at Singapore in 1941.
While under conversion at Singapore she fled to Colombo and was commissioned there on 12 May 1942.
Returned to her owner in April 1946.
| 12-05-1942 | Submarine depot ship HMS Wuchang commissioned |
| Class: | 1942 - 1946: X Class |
| Built By: | Varley Marine (Hamble) |
| Build Group: | XP |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped 1945 | |
In the year that it is published, Russian submarines have once again been detected off the UK's shores. As Britain comes to decide whether to renew its submarine-carried nuclear deterrent, The Silent Deep provides an essential historical perspective.
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| Class: | 1942 - 1946: X Class |
| Built By: | Varley Marine (Hamble) |
| Build Group: | XP |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped 1945 | |
In the year that it is published, Russian submarines have once again been detected off the UK's shores. As Britain comes to decide whether to renew its submarine-carried nuclear deterrent, The Silent Deep provides an essential historical perspective.
18 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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