| Built By: | Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | Alecto |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Faslane in 1949 |
| 1910: | Commander | George Bridges Lewis | |
| 1918: | Commander | Robert Ross Turner | |
| 1919: | Commander | Thomas Cecil Benfield Harbottle | |
| 1921: | Lieutenant Commander | Richard Henry Bagot Everard | |
| 1924: | Lieutenant Commander | Edward Geldard Stanley | |
| 1927: | Commander | Cyril George Bucknill Coltart | |
| 1931: | Commander | Edward Geldard Stanley |
Pennant Numbers
HMS. Alecto was completed to navy order as a depot ship.
Alecto commissioned at Sheerness and served through out WW1 with submarines at Yarmouth.
Served as a Submarine Depot Ship at Portsmouth in 1939 and 1940.
Transferred to boom defence duties in 1940.
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.
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| Admiralty Approved | 3rd May, 1920 | |
| Motto | Cave prolem. (Beware my brood.) | |
| Symbology | Alecto is one of the Furies of Greek mythology. | |
| Design Notes | Two gold vipers confronting each other with their tails involved on a green field. | |
| Displacement | 935 tons |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Armament | None |
| Compliment | 76 |
| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Markham and Co (Derbyshire) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. | |
World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler's army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 3rd May, 1920 | |
| Motto | Cave prolem. (Beware my brood.) | |
| Symbology | Alecto is one of the Furies of Greek mythology. | |
| Design Notes | Two gold vipers confronting each other with their tails involved on a green field. | |
| Displacement | 935 tons |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Armament | None |
| Compliment | 76 |
| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Markham and Co (Derbyshire) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. | |
World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler's army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.
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