| Built By: | Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | R |
| Fate: | Broken Up February 1923 |
| 1924: | Lieutenant | James Godfrey Wood Deneys | |
| 1926: | Lieutenant | John Pollington Apps |
| Class: | 1956 - 1988: Porpoise Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | P2 |
| Fate: | |
| Paid off June 1982, placed on disposal list 1983. Towed to Cammell Lairds for conversion as a target, painted bright orange for weapons testing during 1985 and was sunk the same year on October 20th. | |
The hour-by-hour account of the bravery, bungling, helplessness and heroism of men trapped by the sea.
On June 1, 1939, the Submarine Thetis sailed out of Liverpool Bay with 103 men on board for diving trials, but on the very first dive it failed to surface, the escape hatch jammed, and help was too slow in coming.
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| Class: | 1956 - 1988: Porpoise Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | P2 |
| Fate: | |
| Paid off June 1982, placed on disposal list 1983. Towed to Cammell Lairds for conversion as a target, painted bright orange for weapons testing during 1985 and was sunk the same year on October 20th. | |
The hour-by-hour account of the bravery, bungling, helplessness and heroism of men trapped by the sea.
On June 1, 1939, the Submarine Thetis sailed out of Liverpool Bay with 103 men on board for diving trials, but on the very first dive it failed to surface, the escape hatch jammed, and help was too slow in coming.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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