| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | L1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1930 after breaking away from her tug and drifting ashore in heavy weather. |
| 1917: | Lieutenant Commander | Reginald Burnard Darke | |
| 1918: | Lieutenant Commander | Cromwell Hanford Varley | |
| 1919: | Colin George MacArthur | ||
| 1920: | Lieutenant Commander | Henry Gray Higgins | |
| 1924: | Lieutenant Commander | Maurice William Bailward |
Started life as E 57
1923 - Reserve Flotilla. Hong Kong.
1930: Heavy weather causes L-1 to break away from her tug and drift ashore Cape Cornwall, Cornwall.
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| Design Notes | A central raised roundel charged with the designation "L1" in raised, stylised serif characters. The central roundel is encircled by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon in base, a Tudor Crown resting in chief directly above the open wreath. | |
| Additional Notes | Possibly produced to celebrate the building/commissioning of the submarine. | |
| Length overall | 231 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 13 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 891 tons (surface) |
| 1074 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 knots (design) |
| Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 10.5+ knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Endurance | Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 33 Ratings |
Sleuth (P 261) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Scrapped Charlestown 15th September 1958. |
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Presents an account of the development of the ballistic missile submarine, and a lifelong love affair with submarines.
Submarine Admiral is a well written, well documented personal narrative of submarine development through times of breath-taking change in war, both hot and cold.
Readers of THE SUBMARINE REVIEW will find it fascinating and a key book for their submarine library.
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| Unofficial | ||
| Design Notes | A central raised roundel charged with the designation "L1" in raised, stylised serif characters. The central roundel is encircled by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon in base, a Tudor Crown resting in chief directly above the open wreath. | |
| Additional Notes | Possibly produced to celebrate the building/commissioning of the submarine. | |
| Length overall | 231 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 13 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 891 tons (surface) |
| 1074 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 knots (design) |
| Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 10.5+ knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Endurance | Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 33 Ratings |
Sleuth (P 261) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Scrapped Charlestown 15th September 1958. |
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Presents an account of the development of the ballistic missile submarine, and a lifelong love affair with submarines.
Submarine Admiral is a well written, well documented personal narrative of submarine development through times of breath-taking change in war, both hot and cold.
Readers of THE SUBMARINE REVIEW will find it fascinating and a key book for their submarine library.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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