| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Grays 4th July 1950 |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Anthony Arthur Catlow | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Richard Thomas Sallis | DSC |
1944: Indian Ocean
1945: Indian Ocean
1945: Pacific
| 27-10-1942 | Laid Down |
| 20-07-1943 | Launched |
| 25-10-1943 | Completed |
| 09-07-1944 | HMS Spirit claims to have damaged a small Japanese oiler with gunfire to the north of Sumatra. |
| 14-09-1944 | HMS Spirit sinks three Siamese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. |
| 19-09-1944 | HMS Spirit sinks a Siamese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra. |
| 22-01-1945 | HMS Spirit sinks the Japanese Ryushin Maru with gunfire in the Java Sea. She also sinks another enemy vessel. |
| 14-03-1945 | HMS Spirit sinks the Japanese coaster Ryuho Maru with gunfire off Massalambo Island in the Java Sea. |
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| Admiralty Approved | 12th Jun, 1944 | |
| Symbology | Admiral Sir George Vernon (1684-1757), nicknamed 'Old Grog', introduced rum into the Royal Navy. It was only withdrawn as a daily 'tot' issue in 1970. The Vernon Arms feature a black fret on a gold field. | |
| Design Notes | A bezant charged with a black fret on a blue background. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Symbology | The rum pot from which the daily tot was dispensed until 1970. | |
| Design Notes | A rum barrel proper on a per fess white and blue background. | |
| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| 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 | 5 Officers and 43 Ratings |
| Note | 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. |
M 2 |
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| Class: | 1916 - 1932: M Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | M |
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Fate: Foundered due to a leak in the hangar door on 26th January 1932 |
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The Royal Navy's Submarine Command Course, or 'Perisher', is a unique course, training, assessing and qualifying officers for submarine command which is, itself, unique, challenging and demanding; the epitome of mission command, with no succour, referral or support in a continuously threatening environment. It is therefore essential that those 'in command' are proven to be worthy and capable of their appointment.
The evolution of 'Perisher' is in recognisable periods: the earliest days, following the submarine's introduction into the Royal Navy, was an autodidactic existence with COs learning from their peers and by experimentation.
By 1917 circumstances had conflated to create the Periscope School and the Periscope Course to train and qualify COs whose characteristics were now fully formed. The interwar period was a difficult time, but it produced new submarines and technological innovations just in time for the Second World War and the most intense evolutionary period for 'Perisher'.
Post-1945 to 1969 experienced two evolutions: Commander Sandy Woodward's codification of the art of attacking and a shift in emphasis from purely 'periscope eye' attacking toward the development of safety and tactical prowess in students. In the 1970s-1980s, two parallel courses satisfied the demand for COs from an expanding diesel-nuclear submarine fleet using SSKs and then in 1989, an SSN.
The final period, 1990-2017 continues today with an all-nuclear Perisher and a curriculum to meet a changing battlespace, new weapons and tactics. Throughout its history, 'Perisher' has shaped the submarine commanding officer and he, in return, has shaped 'Perisher'.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 12th Jun, 1944 | |
| Symbology | Admiral Sir George Vernon (1684-1757), nicknamed 'Old Grog', introduced rum into the Royal Navy. It was only withdrawn as a daily 'tot' issue in 1970. The Vernon Arms feature a black fret on a gold field. | |
| Design Notes | A bezant charged with a black fret on a blue background. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Symbology | The rum pot from which the daily tot was dispensed until 1970. | |
| Design Notes | A rum barrel proper on a per fess white and blue background. | |
| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| 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 | 5 Officers and 43 Ratings |
| Note | 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. |
M 2 |
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| Class: | 1916 - 1932: M Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | M |
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Fate: Foundered due to a leak in the hangar door on 26th January 1932 |
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The Royal Navy's Submarine Command Course, or 'Perisher', is a unique course, training, assessing and qualifying officers for submarine command which is, itself, unique, challenging and demanding; the epitome of mission command, with no succour, referral or support in a continuously threatening environment. It is therefore essential that those 'in command' are proven to be worthy and capable of their appointment.
The evolution of 'Perisher' is in recognisable periods: the earliest days, following the submarine's introduction into the Royal Navy, was an autodidactic existence with COs learning from their peers and by experimentation.
By 1917 circumstances had conflated to create the Periscope School and the Periscope Course to train and qualify COs whose characteristics were now fully formed. The interwar period was a difficult time, but it produced new submarines and technological innovations just in time for the Second World War and the most intense evolutionary period for 'Perisher'.
Post-1945 to 1969 experienced two evolutions: Commander Sandy Woodward's codification of the art of attacking and a shift in emphasis from purely 'periscope eye' attacking toward the development of safety and tactical prowess in students. In the 1970s-1980s, two parallel courses satisfied the demand for COs from an expanding diesel-nuclear submarine fleet using SSKs and then in 1989, an SSN.
The final period, 1990-2017 continues today with an all-nuclear Perisher and a curriculum to meet a changing battlespace, new weapons and tactics. Throughout its history, 'Perisher' has shaped the submarine commanding officer and he, in return, has shaped 'Perisher'.
13 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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Thankyou for your support.
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