| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | Sold in July 1946 and scrapped at Durban. |
Served in Chinese waters until being sent to the Mediterranean in 1940. In 1943 returned to the Far East for training duties.
1930-1931: Portsmouth.
1931-1935: Mediterranean.
1935-1940: China Station.
1939 - 4th Flotilla: HMS Medway, Hong Kong.
1940-1942 - 1st Flotilla: HMS Medway, Alexandria.
1942: Eastern Fleet-Training Duties.
It should be noted that although some boats were attached to HMS Medway at Singapore, they often operated in a detached mode covering the China Station such as Hong Kong and even to the point of patrolling the Siberian Coast and 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.
| 24-07-1929 | Laid Down |
| 11-06-1930 | Launched |
| 29-01-1931 | Completed |
| 07-01-1941 | HMS Rover attacks the Italian merchant Edda with four torpedoes about 15 nautical miles west-north-west of Tobruk, Libya. All torpedoes missed and Rover was damaged by depth charges from the Italian torpedo boats Clio und Castore. |
| 14-02-1941 | HMS Rover torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Cesco about 17 nautical miles south-east of Capo Rizzuto. |
| Length overall | 287 ft 2 inch |
| Beam | 29 ft 11 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 11 7/8 inch |
| Displacement | 1763 tons (surface) |
| 2030 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 500 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged8.75 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades. 6 ft 9 inch diameter |
| Endurance | Surface: 11400 miles at 8 knots (design) |
| Surface: 10900 miles at 8 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 60 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8.8 miles at 8.8 knots or 60 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 | 5 Officers and 51 Ratings |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Splendid (Lt Ian Laughlan Mackay McGeogh, DSO) was lost on 21st April 1943. The Submarine was detected by a German destroyer (Hermes) on 21st April 1943 while patrolling off Naples, Italy. Splendid was attacked and damaged in a depth charge attack by the Destroyer and forced to the surface. Following a fire-fight with the Hermes in which sixteen crew members were killed, HMS Splendid was scuttled and her surviving forty crew members taken Prisoner of War | |
David Suchet narrates the BBC series featuring the Royal Navy's Hunter-Killer submarine, HMS Splendid, on a top secret three-month mission.
After travelling from its Farlane base to San Diego, the sub is charged with testing the first Tomahawk cruise missile, and the crew is followed every step of the way.
Also included is a feature on the sub's new Lieutenant Commander as he undergoes the 'Perisher' selection course.
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| Length overall | 287 ft 2 inch |
| Beam | 29 ft 11 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 11 7/8 inch |
| Displacement | 1763 tons (surface) |
| 2030 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 500 ft |
| Speed | Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 17.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged8.75 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades. 6 ft 9 inch diameter |
| Endurance | Surface: 11400 miles at 8 knots (design) |
| Surface: 10900 miles at 8 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 60 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8.8 miles at 8.8 knots or 60 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 | 5 Officers and 51 Ratings |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Splendid (Lt Ian Laughlan Mackay McGeogh, DSO) was lost on 21st April 1943. The Submarine was detected by a German destroyer (Hermes) on 21st April 1943 while patrolling off Naples, Italy. Splendid was attacked and damaged in a depth charge attack by the Destroyer and forced to the surface. Following a fire-fight with the Hermes in which sixteen crew members were killed, HMS Splendid was scuttled and her surviving forty crew members taken Prisoner of War | |
David Suchet narrates the BBC series featuring the Royal Navy's Hunter-Killer submarine, HMS Splendid, on a top secret three-month mission.
After travelling from its Farlane base to San Diego, the sub is charged with testing the first Tomahawk cruise missile, and the crew is followed every step of the way.
Also included is a feature on the sub's new Lieutenant Commander as he undergoes the 'Perisher' selection course.
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