| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | P |
| Fate: | Lost after a collision with SS Yuta off Wei-Hai-Wei in the Gulf of Korea 9th June 1931. |
| 1931: | Lieutenant Commander | B W Galpin |
1931 - 4th Flotilla: Wei Hai Wei, China.
Left England to join the 4th Flotilla in the Far East December 1930.
It should be noted that boats attached to 1st Flotilla in Alexandria were likely to spend much of their time at Malta even though Malta had been given up as a submarine base due to the air attacks. Although submarines did still operate from Malta during this period the 10th Flotilla was not recognised as such until September 1941.
Captain Michael Lindsay Coulton (Tubby) Crawford DSC & Bar
Captain Crawford died on 28 June 2017, one day after his 100th birthday. He was the last surviving commander of a submarine in the
Roll of Honour |
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| Bagley, Arthur John |
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| Balshaw, Robert |
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| Beaumont, Charlie James |
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| Bowers, Robert Cecil |
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| Cliff, Harold |
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| Collings, Amos David |
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| Dowling, Frank |
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| Gaines, Ernest George |
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| Gray, Allan |
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| RN DoB 17/04/1908 | ||||||
| Grills, Thomas Victor |
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| Hews, George Charles |
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| Lovock, Arthur Henry James |
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| Paine, Albert Victor |
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| Pike, William Herbert Henry |
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| Pointer, Frederick Transvaal Arthur |
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| Pyne, William Richard |
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| Sherrocks, Sydney |
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| Shung, Ho |
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| Tolliday, Frederick Charles Hector |
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| Whitley, William |
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| Winter, Albert Richard |
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| 05-09-1928 | Laid Down |
| 21-06-1929 | Launched |
| 05-05-1930 | Completed |
| 09-06-1931 | Sunk in collision On 9th June 1931 HMS Poseidon was exercising 20 miles north of her home base of Wei Hai Wei when the steamer Yuta was spotted some distance away. Despite excellent visibility the two vessels collided and the submarine sank within two minutes. |
| Length overall | 289 ft 2 inch |
| Beam | 28 ft |
| Draught | 13 ft 8 inch |
| Displacement | 1760 tons (surface) |
| 2040 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 500 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 8.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 6 ft 5 inch dia |
| Endurance | Surface: 11400 miles at 8 knots (design) |
| Surface: 10750 miles at 8 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 60 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8.5 miles at 8.5 knots or 70 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (14 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| Complement | 53 |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Charlestown 8th August 1960 | |
The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The submarines are nuclear-propelled and fuelled by a nuclear reactor powerful enough to supply a city the size of Southampton.
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| Length overall | 289 ft 2 inch |
| Beam | 28 ft |
| Draught | 13 ft 8 inch |
| Displacement | 1760 tons (surface) |
| 2040 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 500 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 8.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 6 ft 5 inch dia |
| Endurance | Surface: 11400 miles at 8 knots (design) |
| Surface: 10750 miles at 8 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 60 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8.5 miles at 8.5 knots or 70 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (14 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| Complement | 53 |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Charlestown 8th August 1960 | |
The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The submarines are nuclear-propelled and fuelled by a nuclear reactor powerful enough to supply a city the size of Southampton.
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