| Built By: | Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | Maidstone-class |
| Fate: | She was decommissioned on January 1, 1979, and sold for scrapping on July 25, 1985. |
Served with the 2nd Submarine flotilla 1939 - 1941. Based in home waters apart from a brief period in Halifax, Canada in 1941
Transferred in 1941 till the end of WWII to the 3rd Submarine Flotilla and stayed in service well into the 60's
Provided relief for Greek Earthquake victims in 1953 and participated in the Fleet Review celebrating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
HQ of Naval Officer-in-Charge, Port Said during the Suez crisis in 1956
Returned to Devonport ct 1960 after nearly thirteen years in the Med as Sub & Minesweeper Depot Ship
Similar to HMS Maidstone, she underwent modifications between 1962 and 1966 at HM Dockyard Chatham to support the Royal Navy's emerging nuclear-powered submarines.
Notably, in 1968, HMS Forth also transported the first hovercraft to Australia.
In February 1972 was renamed Defiance.
She was decommissioned on January 1, 1979, and sold for scrapping on July 25, 1985.
| 30-06-1937 | Laid down |
| 11-08-1938 | Launched |
| 14-05-1939 | Commissioned |
| 31-03-1971 | Left Singapore for the UK |
| 07-06-1971 | Arrived at Devonport after five years at Singapore with 7th Sub Sqdn |
| 07-06-1971 | She arrived back in the UK from Singapore |
| 17-02-1972 | Renamed Defiance, depot Ship of Devonport Fleet Maintenance Base and parent ship of 2nd Sub Sqdn |
| 01-01-1979 | Decommissioned |
| 25-07-1985 | Scrapped |
| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Australia 1945/46 | |
After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
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| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Australia 1945/46 | |
After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
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