| 1927 | Oxley (N 55) | Completed |
| 1935 | Sunfish (N 81) / V1 (USSR) | Laid Down |
| 1940 | Narwhal (N 45) | HMS Narwhal left the Humber on 22 July for a minelaying mission off Norway, she fails to return On the afternoon of 23rd July she should have passed through (German) grid square 4856, where an aircraft reported attacking a submarine. This was believed to be Porpoise by the Germans but as Narwhal did not report again, it was assumed this attack sank her. |
| 1940 | Clyde (N 12) | West of Bergen, Norway HMS Clyde fires 6 torpedoes at what is thought to be and enemy submarine. Luckily the torpedoes miss as they we aimed against HMS Truant. |
| 1941 | Tetrarch (N 77) | HMS Tetrarch claims to have damaged a sailing vessel with gunfire in the Aegean off Karlovassi. |
| 1943 | Safari (P 211) | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian minelayer Durazzo east of Corsica, France. |
| 1944 | Vivid (P 77) | HMS Vivid torpedoes and sinks the German guardboat GA 71/Pétrel VI north of Suda Bay, Crete, Greece. |
| 1947 | Ambush (P 418) | Completed |
| 2003 | Unseen (S 41) | HMCS Victoria transits Panama Canal to become first Canadian Pacific Fleet submarine since 1974. |
As a young schoolboy I wanted to be a captain of a Royal Navy destroyer (described as greyhounds of the sea). But I was born on the wrong side of the track. One needed tradition, money, a good family background, education, and Oxford or Cambridge schooling, but I didn't qualify on any of those counts. I left school at age 14 to work in an engineering company. Three years later World War II started, and I was 17 years of age.
The submarine revolutionized naval warfare, progressing from the crude, steam-driven craft of the American Civil War to the silent nuclear machines that can cruise for months underwater without surfacing, only limited by the endurance of their crews, and carry intercontinental missiles mounting multiple nuclear warheads.
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles traces the history of these vessels, starting with the earliest submersible craft, to the stealthy nuclear giants of the modern age. Since the end of programs for the exploration and exploitation of space, man has turned his attention to a frontier much closer to home, the ocean.
This is a highly illustrated examination of the remarkable technology that has been developed to enable man to explore a hidden world tens of thousands of feet deep, in conditions just as extreme as those found in space.
The sea offers man numerous resources and is the medium for a wide range of activities, spawning an equally diverse array of vessels to exploit them. Ranging from the military stealth submarines of the Cold War to biological research vessels, to the latest remotely-operated machines,
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles is a stunning guide to man's exploration and exploitation of the fascinating world under the ocean and still our greatest frontier.
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As a young schoolboy I wanted to be a captain of a Royal Navy destroyer (described as greyhounds of the sea). But I was born on the wrong side of the track. One needed tradition, money, a good family background, education, and Oxford or Cambridge schooling, but I didn't qualify on any of those counts. I left school at age 14 to work in an engineering company. Three years later World War II started, and I was 17 years of age.
The submarine revolutionized naval warfare, progressing from the crude, steam-driven craft of the American Civil War to the silent nuclear machines that can cruise for months underwater without surfacing, only limited by the endurance of their crews, and carry intercontinental missiles mounting multiple nuclear warheads.
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles traces the history of these vessels, starting with the earliest submersible craft, to the stealthy nuclear giants of the modern age. Since the end of programs for the exploration and exploitation of space, man has turned his attention to a frontier much closer to home, the ocean.
This is a highly illustrated examination of the remarkable technology that has been developed to enable man to explore a hidden world tens of thousands of feet deep, in conditions just as extreme as those found in space.
The sea offers man numerous resources and is the medium for a wide range of activities, spawning an equally diverse array of vessels to exploit them. Ranging from the military stealth submarines of the Cold War to biological research vessels, to the latest remotely-operated machines,
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles is a stunning guide to man's exploration and exploitation of the fascinating world under the ocean and still our greatest frontier.
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