| 1914 | Pandora 1902 - 1939 | SS Seti purchased from Russia |
| 1915 | E 26 | Launched |
| 1915 | E 43 | Launched |
| 1916 | K 13 (K 22) | Launched |
| 1921 | Rosario 1898 - 1921 | Sold in Hong Kong for breaking up |
| 1930 | Regent (N 41) | Completed |
| 1939 | Seal (N 37) | HMS Seal departed Portsmouth for her 4th war patrol. She was to provide ocean escort for convoy O.A. 33 together with HMS Cachalot |
| 1942 | Unbeaten (N 93) | HMS Unbeaten attacked and sunk in error by RAF Wellington of No.172 Squadron, Coastal Command. All hands lost. On patrol in Bay of Biscay for German raiders, supply ships and U-boats on passage |
| 1942 | Turbulent (N 98) | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine tender Bengasi about 10 nautical miles north-east of Capo Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 1942 | Ursula (N 59) | HMS Ursula attacks but misses the German submarine U-73 off Cabo de Gata, Spain. |
| 1942 | Stubborn (P 238) | Launched |
| 1943 | Voracious (P 78) | Launched |
| 1944 | Venturer (P 68) | Torpedoed and sank the German submarine U-771 in the Andfjord near Harstad, Norway. |
| 1944 | Tantalus (P 318) | HMS Tantalus sinks the Japanese coaster Palang Maru with gunfire of the east coast of Malaya. |
| 1951 | Sidon (P 259) | Paid off into Reserve Group "F" attached to 5th Submarine Flotilla Devonport pending refit. |
| 1967 | Repulse (S 23) | Launched |
| 2009 | Trafalgar (S 107) | HMS Trafalgar sailed into its Devon base for the final time prior to decommissioning. Its return was marked with a flypast by a navy Merlin helicopter. |
P311 (Tutankhamen) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
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| Build Group: | T 3 |
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Fate: Submarine P311 took part in an operation to take Chariots to attack Italian shipping at the port of La Maddelena. Submarine P311 was allocated three Chariots for this task and completed the passage through the Sicilian Channel. No further reports were received from the submarine and P311 was presumed lost in a minefield near La Maddelena on (or about) 2nd January 1943. There were no survivors from the crew of the Submarine. Also lost were the three Chariots (Nos. X, XVIII and ***), the three Chariot Crews (six personnel in all) and the team of four Dressers. |
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This unique memoir charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service's remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War. And it provides a dramatic first-hand account of the underwater confrontation during the Cold War between submarines of the West and the huge submarine force of the Soviet Union.
Dan Conley narrates the successive stages from his basic submarine training to taking command of two nuclear attack submarines, but he does not demur from describing the personal and professional difficulties he encountered in this journey. He sets out in detail what life was like serving onboard both diesel and nuclear submarines, and in particular, the book describes the British submariner's remarkable transformation from the somewhat buccaneering, free spirit serving on a clapped-out WW2 boat during the sunset of the British Empire, to the highly professional individual who spends prolonged periods under the sea in a platform which matches the complexity of a space craft.
The book describes the long and difficult challenges encountered in developing effective weapon systems for the British submarine force, and discusses the difficulties and shortcomings in the UK's defence procurement system, a situation which still exists today. Ultimately, however, Western technological superiority and crew proficiency enabled the submarines of the Royal and United States Navies to match those of the Soviet Union, and he describes vividly the suspense and tension of underwater confrontations which might so easily have escalated to another dimension of warfare. And the book sets out hitherto undisclosed details of submarine activities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world confronted the real possibility of a massive nuclear exchange.
But it is not all serious content, and he also offers a glimpse for the reader of many humorous situations and events, of animals that found themselves under the sea in a submarine, in one case during a war patrol, and other moments of levity that broke the tension of serving in a highly complex and sophisticated fighting machine. The Cold War era is now long past. However, it is evident that as the West now confronts an aggressive, recidivist Russia and a more aggressive China, Britain's submarine force once again will be key to the security of all its citizens.
This fine memoir captures vividly the key events and history of the Cold War, and in doing so will open the reader's eyes to the significance and importance today of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
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P311 (Tutankhamen) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
|
Fate: Submarine P311 took part in an operation to take Chariots to attack Italian shipping at the port of La Maddelena. Submarine P311 was allocated three Chariots for this task and completed the passage through the Sicilian Channel. No further reports were received from the submarine and P311 was presumed lost in a minefield near La Maddelena on (or about) 2nd January 1943. There were no survivors from the crew of the Submarine. Also lost were the three Chariots (Nos. X, XVIII and ***), the three Chariot Crews (six personnel in all) and the team of four Dressers. |
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This unique memoir charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service's remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War. And it provides a dramatic first-hand account of the underwater confrontation during the Cold War between submarines of the West and the huge submarine force of the Soviet Union.
Dan Conley narrates the successive stages from his basic submarine training to taking command of two nuclear attack submarines, but he does not demur from describing the personal and professional difficulties he encountered in this journey. He sets out in detail what life was like serving onboard both diesel and nuclear submarines, and in particular, the book describes the British submariner's remarkable transformation from the somewhat buccaneering, free spirit serving on a clapped-out WW2 boat during the sunset of the British Empire, to the highly professional individual who spends prolonged periods under the sea in a platform which matches the complexity of a space craft.
The book describes the long and difficult challenges encountered in developing effective weapon systems for the British submarine force, and discusses the difficulties and shortcomings in the UK's defence procurement system, a situation which still exists today. Ultimately, however, Western technological superiority and crew proficiency enabled the submarines of the Royal and United States Navies to match those of the Soviet Union, and he describes vividly the suspense and tension of underwater confrontations which might so easily have escalated to another dimension of warfare. And the book sets out hitherto undisclosed details of submarine activities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world confronted the real possibility of a massive nuclear exchange.
But it is not all serious content, and he also offers a glimpse for the reader of many humorous situations and events, of animals that found themselves under the sea in a submarine, in one case during a war patrol, and other moments of levity that broke the tension of serving in a highly complex and sophisticated fighting machine. The Cold War era is now long past. However, it is evident that as the West now confronts an aggressive, recidivist Russia and a more aggressive China, Britain's submarine force once again will be key to the security of all its citizens.
This fine memoir captures vividly the key events and history of the Cold War, and in doing so will open the reader's eyes to the significance and importance today of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
20 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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