| Built By: | Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | G |
| Fate: | Sold 4th November 1921 |
11th Flotilla. Blyth.
| Length overall | 187 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 7 inch |
| Displacement | 703 tons (surface) |
| 837 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 to 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2600 miles at 12.5 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1650 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 95 miles at 3 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 28 ratings |
In my retirement years I have written about technical and other matters involving submarines, but didn't pursue until recently, any particular inquiry into why the Royal Navy 'A' class submarine was designed and ordered in 1942 when it seemed unlikely any would be completed before WW2 in Europe was over (1945) and even if a few had been commissioned, they would not have added value to the Royal Navy in Europe in the days after D-Day.
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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| Length overall | 187 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 7 inch |
| Displacement | 703 tons (surface) |
| 837 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 to 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2600 miles at 12.5 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1650 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 95 miles at 3 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 28 ratings |
In my retirement years I have written about technical and other matters involving submarines, but didn't pursue until recently, any particular inquiry into why the Royal Navy 'A' class submarine was designed and ordered in 1942 when it seemed unlikely any would be completed before WW2 in Europe was over (1945) and even if a few had been commissioned, they would not have added value to the Royal Navy in Europe in the days after D-Day.
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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