| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S1 |
| Fate: | After being returned to Britain she was broken up in 1947 at Granton. |
| 1933: | Lieutenant | Harold Godfrey Bowerman | |
| 1935: | Lieutenant | Jack Etheridge Slaughter | |
| 1936: | Lieutenant Commander | John Marston Money | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant | Michael Geoffrey Rawson Lumby | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant | George David Archibald Gregory | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander | Drummond St. Clair-Ford | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Mervyn Robert George Wingfield | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Clifford Raymond Pelly | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Denis John Beckley | DSO |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Robert Henry Hugh Brunner | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant Commander | Donald Theodoor Mackay (RNN) |
1932-1933: Portsmouth
1933-1935: Portland.
1935-1939: HMS Forth, Dundee
1939-1943: 6th Flotilla. HMS Titania, Blyth.
Sturgeon launched at Chatham (1932)
Sank the transport Ponier in September 1940.
HMS Sturgeon was transferred to the Dutch and recommisoned as HNLMS Zeehond
She was the only one from the first Group S Class to survive the war.
Roll of Honour |
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| Penny, WIlliam Frederick Alexander |
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| 01-01-1931 | Laid Down |
| 08-01-1932 | Launched |
| 27-02-1933 | Completed |
| 20-11-1939 | Sank the anti-submarine trawler Gauleiter Telshow, This was the first British submarine success of WWII. |
| 11-10-1943 | Recommissioned as HNLMS Zeehond, under command of Donald Theodoor Mackay |
| 14-09-1945 | Decommissioned and returned to Royal Navy, |
| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| Displacement | 872 tons (surface) |
| 990 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 14.75 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Armament (i) | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (13 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| 1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 34 Ratings. |
| Note | {i) The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns. |
As depth charges exploded, some unpleasantly close, one could hear the distinct click of the detonator prior to the subsequent main charge explosion. Luckily, many times, the depth charges were a few hundred yards away from the submarine, but we could still hear that click of the detonator, sometimes rather faintly, but we heard it just the same.
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| Displacement | 872 tons (surface) |
| 990 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 14.75 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Armament (i) | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (13 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| 1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 34 Ratings. |
| Note | {i) The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns. |
As depth charges exploded, some unpleasantly close, one could hear the distinct click of the detonator prior to the subsequent main charge explosion. Luckily, many times, the depth charges were a few hundred yards away from the submarine, but we could still hear that click of the detonator, sometimes rather faintly, but we heard it just the same.
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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