| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | R |
| Fate: | Broken Up February 1923 |
| Length overall | 163 ft 9 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 410 tons (surface) |
| 503 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 15 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (service) | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2000 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 2400 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power or 150 miles at 1.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 6 x 18 inch bow tubes (7 torpedoes carried) |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 ratings. |
Bill's prime Cause Celebre has resulted in his being included in the Guinness Book of Records as having made the deepest unaided ascent from a sunken submarine. He has other claims worthy of recognition, he was among those officers and men who trained many of the crews who joined the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla during WW2. This Flotilla consisted of X Craft and Two Man Chariots. It was based at Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute. The HQ was known as HMS Varbel.
In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last gasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, were brought together for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland,
Operation Seawolf. Captain Hans Kessler, a grizzled submarine commander from both World Wars, is called into service to make the mission a success and help turn the tide of the war.
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| Length overall | 163 ft 9 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 410 tons (surface) |
| 503 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 15 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (service) | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2000 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 2400 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power or 150 miles at 1.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 6 x 18 inch bow tubes (7 torpedoes carried) |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 ratings. |
Bill's prime Cause Celebre has resulted in his being included in the Guinness Book of Records as having made the deepest unaided ascent from a sunken submarine. He has other claims worthy of recognition, he was among those officers and men who trained many of the crews who joined the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla during WW2. This Flotilla consisted of X Craft and Two Man Chariots. It was based at Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute. The HQ was known as HMS Varbel.
In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last gasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, were brought together for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland,
Operation Seawolf. Captain Hans Kessler, a grizzled submarine commander from both World Wars, is called into service to make the mission a success and help turn the tide of the war.
13 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
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