| Built By: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Build Group: | J |
| Fate: | Sold February 1926. |
1917 - 11th Flotilla. HMS Titania, Blyth
The original J3 was cancelled in April 1915. This one started life as J7
It is indeed a far cry from Blyth on the east coast of England to Kimberley in Griqualand West, South Africa, and a long span of time, over sixty-two years, since I was a boy-telegraphist (wireless operator) serving on HM Submarine J3 part of the tenth submarine flotilla stationed at Blyth.
| Length overall | 274 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft |
| Draught | 16 ft |
| Displacement | 1210 tons (surface) |
| 1760 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Shafts | 3 |
| Propulsion | Surfaced 3 x 12 cylinder diesel engines (3,600 hp) |
| Submerged 2 x battery driven electric motors (1,200 hp) | |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (surface) |
| 9.5 knots (submerged) | |
| Endurance | 91 tons Diesel Oil for 5,000 nautical miles at 12.5 knots |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam torpedo tubes | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 39 Ratings |
Astute (P 447) |
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| Class: | 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
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Fate: Scrapped in October 1970 at Dunston. |
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A special group of navy divers is created when a disabled Nazi warship is discovered in a fjord in Norway. Commander Bolton (James Caan) is the Canadian expert designated to train the new unit. Their mission is to plant a bomb on the warship as it undergoes repairs. The hard-driving Bolton encounters resentment from the British soldiers he trains, but he ultimately earns their respect as a leader. Their intense training operation is interrupted by an attack of Nazi paratroopers just before the unit leaves for Norway. Spectacular underwater photography is seen in this World War II adventure story based on an actual mission
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| Length overall | 274 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft |
| Draught | 16 ft |
| Displacement | 1210 tons (surface) |
| 1760 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Shafts | 3 |
| Propulsion | Surfaced 3 x 12 cylinder diesel engines (3,600 hp) |
| Submerged 2 x battery driven electric motors (1,200 hp) | |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (surface) |
| 9.5 knots (submerged) | |
| Endurance | 91 tons Diesel Oil for 5,000 nautical miles at 12.5 knots |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam torpedo tubes | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 39 Ratings |
Astute (P 447) |
|
| Class: | 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
|
Fate: Scrapped in October 1970 at Dunston. |
|
A special group of navy divers is created when a disabled Nazi warship is discovered in a fjord in Norway. Commander Bolton (James Caan) is the Canadian expert designated to train the new unit. Their mission is to plant a bomb on the warship as it undergoes repairs. The hard-driving Bolton encounters resentment from the British soldiers he trains, but he ultimately earns their respect as a leader. Their intense training operation is interrupted by an attack of Nazi paratroopers just before the unit leaves for Norway. Spectacular underwater photography is seen in this World War II adventure story based on an actual mission
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