| Built By: | Beardmore (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | E3 |
| Fate: | Sold 6th September 1922. |
| 1916: | Lieutenant Commander | J B Glencross | DSO |
| 1917: | Lieutenant | Alexander Boyd Greig | DSC |
| 1918: | Lieutenant | L H Bayley |
| Length overall | 181 ft |
| Beam | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 667 tons (surface) |
| 807 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 x 18 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 3000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers, 28 Ratings. |
| Class: | 1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Regent is assumed to have been lost in the Adriatic Sea off Bari between the 18th and 25th April 1943. The submarine is thought to have strayed into a minefield. The entire crew of sixty-three Officers and Ratings were lost. The first of four bodies washed up near Brindisi on 1st May 1943 and was the body of an ERA dressed in overalls and wearing a DSEA escape kit. Another was washed up at Santa Andrea di Missipezza on 15th May 1943 also wearing a DSEA kit. On 16th May either an Officer or a Petty Officer was washed up at Torre Santo Stefano, north of Otranto and, on the same day, another was washed up at Castro Marina. | |
The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The submarines are nuclear-propelled and fuelled by a nuclear reactor powerful enough to supply a city the size of Southampton.
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| Length overall | 181 ft |
| Beam | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 667 tons (surface) |
| 807 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 x 18 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 3000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers, 28 Ratings. |
| Class: | 1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Regent is assumed to have been lost in the Adriatic Sea off Bari between the 18th and 25th April 1943. The submarine is thought to have strayed into a minefield. The entire crew of sixty-three Officers and Ratings were lost. The first of four bodies washed up near Brindisi on 1st May 1943 and was the body of an ERA dressed in overalls and wearing a DSEA escape kit. Another was washed up at Santa Andrea di Missipezza on 15th May 1943 also wearing a DSEA kit. On 16th May either an Officer or a Petty Officer was washed up at Torre Santo Stefano, north of Otranto and, on the same day, another was washed up at Castro Marina. | |
The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The submarines are nuclear-propelled and fuelled by a nuclear reactor powerful enough to supply a city the size of Southampton.
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