| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | B |
| Fate: | Converted to Surface Patrol Craft and renamed 'S9' for service on the Otranto Barrage. Sold for scrap in Italy 1919 |
| 1914: | Lieutenant | G Warburton | |
| 1915: | Lieutenant | Jermyn Rushbrooke |
1914: Attached to Mediterranean Fleet
Transferred to Venice on Marco Polo.
Renamed S9 after being converted to a patrol boat.
| Length overall | 142 ft |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| Displacement | Surface 287 tons |
| Submerged 316 tons | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 7 knots (design) |
| Surface 6.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 13 to 13.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 12 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 740 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 22.5 miles | |
| Complement | 2 x Officers, 13 x Ratings |
It cannot be said of many ships of any nationality that they have had two books and a film produced as a result of their efforts. Only one submarine could ever have a signal sent to her reading Hymn No. 30: Verse Five. If you bother to read Hymn 30 in the English Hymnal you will find that verse five reads,
July 1945. Eighteen young British, Australian and New Zealand special forces from a top-secret underwater warfare unit prepare to undertake three audacious missions against the Japanese.
Using XE-craft midget submarines, the raiders will creep deep behind Japanese lines to sink two huge warships off Singapore and sever two vitally important undersea communications cables. Success will hasten ultimate victory over Japan; but if any of the men are captured they can expect a gruesome execution.
Can the Sea Devils overcome Japanese defences, mechanical failures, oxygen poisoning and submarine disasters to fulfil their missions? Mark Felton tells the true story of a band of young men living on raw courage, nerves and adrenalin as they attempt to pull off what could be the last great raid of World War Two.
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| Length overall | 142 ft |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| Displacement | Surface 287 tons |
| Submerged 316 tons | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 7 knots (design) |
| Surface 6.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 13 to 13.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 12 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 740 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 22.5 miles | |
| Complement | 2 x Officers, 13 x Ratings |
It cannot be said of many ships of any nationality that they have had two books and a film produced as a result of their efforts. Only one submarine could ever have a signal sent to her reading Hymn No. 30: Verse Five. If you bother to read Hymn 30 in the English Hymnal you will find that verse five reads,
July 1945. Eighteen young British, Australian and New Zealand special forces from a top-secret underwater warfare unit prepare to undertake three audacious missions against the Japanese.
Using XE-craft midget submarines, the raiders will creep deep behind Japanese lines to sink two huge warships off Singapore and sever two vitally important undersea communications cables. Success will hasten ultimate victory over Japan; but if any of the men are captured they can expect a gruesome execution.
Can the Sea Devils overcome Japanese defences, mechanical failures, oxygen poisoning and submarine disasters to fulfil their missions? Mark Felton tells the true story of a band of young men living on raw courage, nerves and adrenalin as they attempt to pull off what could be the last great raid of World War Two.
13 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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