| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | A2 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard in May 1920. |
1914: 9th Flotilla Devonport, HMS Pactolus
1914-15: 9th Flotilla, Ardrossan
1915-16: 4th Flotilla, Dover
1918: Training duty
| 08-03-1905 | Launched |
| 11-07-1905 | Completed |
| Length overall | 105 ft 1/2 inch |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Depth | 10 ft |
| Displacement | 180 tons (surface) |
| 207 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 11.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 11 + knots (service) | |
| Submerged 7 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 6 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 4 ft 4 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 600 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 325 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 20 miles at 6 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 2 x Officers, 9 x Ratings |
HMS Affray was the last RN submarine to be lost at sea. At the time of her sinking, rumours about the cause of her loss circulated widely. Many were discounted once her final resting place had been found and the Official Inquiry's report had been published. However, speculation persists to this day as to the reasons why she sank.
In exile, the Polish Navy operated not only their own ships, but also Royal Navy warships, including a cruiser, destroyers, submarines and motor torpedo boats which fought alongside the Allies in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Arctic Convoys, and at the Normandy landings.
This detailed account not only describes the Polish Navy's contribution to the Allied war effort but also the episode of the Polish destroyer Piorun which took on the Bismarck in a lone gun duel leading to the sinking of the great German battleship.
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| Length overall | 105 ft 1/2 inch |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Depth | 10 ft |
| Displacement | 180 tons (surface) |
| 207 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 11.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 11 + knots (service) | |
| Submerged 7 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 6 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 4 ft 4 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 600 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 325 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 20 miles at 6 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 2 x Officers, 9 x Ratings |
HMS Affray was the last RN submarine to be lost at sea. At the time of her sinking, rumours about the cause of her loss circulated widely. Many were discounted once her final resting place had been found and the Official Inquiry's report had been published. However, speculation persists to this day as to the reasons why she sank.
In exile, the Polish Navy operated not only their own ships, but also Royal Navy warships, including a cruiser, destroyers, submarines and motor torpedo boats which fought alongside the Allies in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Arctic Convoys, and at the Normandy landings.
This detailed account not only describes the Polish Navy's contribution to the Allied war effort but also the episode of the Polish destroyer Piorun which took on the Bismarck in a lone gun duel leading to the sinking of the great German battleship.
18 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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