| Built By: | White (Cowes)/ Rosyth Dockyard |
| Build Group: | L3 |
| 07-07-1917 | Laid Down |
| 06-12-1918 | Launched |
| 18-04-1923 | From 18th April to 8th May L69 (also known as Lucia) went on sea trials. |
| 18-04-1923 | Completed |
| Length overall | 238 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 13 ft 2 inch |
| Displacement | 914 tons (surface) |
| 1089 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 |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes, 2 x 18 inch beam tubes (10 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch gun |
| 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) | |
| Complement | 41 |
| Class: | 1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | |
| 4th October 1940, while attacking a convoy Rainbow collided with the Italian M/V Antonietta Costa and was lost with all hands. | |
World War Two thriller starring John Mills. While out on routine patrol, the Royal Navy submarine Trojan accidentally strikes an electronically-operated drifting mine, and plunges immediately to the sea bed. As time and air start to run out, the Captain, Lt Cmdr Armstrong (Mills) gathers the handful of survivors together and tries to figure out the best means of escape.
Richard Attenborough and Nigel Patrick co-star.
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| Length overall | 238 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Draught | 13 ft 2 inch |
| Displacement | 914 tons (surface) |
| 1089 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 |
| Armament | 4 x 18 inch bow tubes, 2 x 18 inch beam tubes (10 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch gun |
| 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) | |
| Complement | 41 |
| Class: | 1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | |
| 4th October 1940, while attacking a convoy Rainbow collided with the Italian M/V Antonietta Costa and was lost with all hands. | |
World War Two thriller starring John Mills. While out on routine patrol, the Royal Navy submarine Trojan accidentally strikes an electronically-operated drifting mine, and plunges immediately to the sea bed. As time and air start to run out, the Captain, Lt Cmdr Armstrong (Mills) gathers the handful of survivors together and tries to figure out the best means of escape.
Richard Attenborough and Nigel Patrick co-star.
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