| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Gateshead 6th June 1961. |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Commander | Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton | DSC MID |
1945: Pacific.
| 16-04-1943 | Laid Down |
| 14-07-1944 | Completed |
| 19-03-1945 | HMS Selene damages a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north-east of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 22-03-1945 | HMS Selene sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire north-east of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 24-04-1945 | Launched |
| 25-06-1945 | HMS Selene sinks two Japanese coasters and a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
| 02-07-1945 | HMS Selene sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
| 03-07-1945 | HMS Selene damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
| 31-08-1957 | HMS Selene sinks five fishing boats (by accident) in the river Yare at Great Yarmouth in 1957 at the end of its paying off visit. |
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| Admiralty Approved | 21st Nov, 1944 | |
| Motto | Animo et fide. (By Courage and Faith.) | |
| Symbology | The Goddess whose horses drew the Moon across the sky. | |
| Design Notes | Two winged horses at full gallop harnessed to a white moon against a blue sky. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Motto | Animo et fide. (By Courage and Faith.) | |
| Symbology | The goddess whose horses drew the moon across the sky. | |
| Design Notes | The head of the goddess Selene rises from a crescent moon against a black 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. |
Renown (S 26) |
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| Class: | 1967 - 1996: Resolution Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | SSBN1 |
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Fate: Paid off 1995 and Laid up at Rosyth. Decommissioned in 1996. |
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Autumn 1941: U96 departs for enemy flight in La Rochelle, France. In the steel belly of the submarine, 50 men crowd close, among them the young Lieutenant Werner, who came on board as a war correspondent. What begins as a quiet routine company soon turns into hell after the first shelling.
Trapped between fire and water, between fear and despair, between life and death, the team of the U96 experiences up close the destructive cruelty of the beast war. He's gonna change them all. If they survive it.
You don't have to say many words about “Das Boot” anymore: Wolfgang Petersen's dramatic film adaptation of Lothar Günther Buchheim's success novel was the first true blockbuster in German cinema history. “Das Boot” made his director an international star and his largely unknown actors into familiar faces. “Das Boot” was celebrated worldwide and was nominated for the Oscar six times.
Four years later, the six-part TV series was released, which takes an even more detailed and unobstructed look at the crew and their experiences on board the U96. In 1997, the director's cut was released in terms of cut, image and sound. Intensive atmosphere and nerve-scattering tension created a milestone in German film and television history!
Disc 1 The Boat - Director's Cut (Blu-ray)
Disc 2 The Boat - Cinema (Blu-ray)
Disc 3-4 The Boat - TV Series (Blu-ray) Disc 5 Bonus Material (Blu-ray)
Disc 6 Soundtrack (Audio CD)
Disc 7-8 Audiobook (MP3 CD) Bonus Material:Original Soundtrack, Audiobook to the novel, read by Dietmar Baer,
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 21st Nov, 1944 | |
| Motto | Animo et fide. (By Courage and Faith.) | |
| Symbology | The Goddess whose horses drew the Moon across the sky. | |
| Design Notes | Two winged horses at full gallop harnessed to a white moon against a blue sky. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Motto | Animo et fide. (By Courage and Faith.) | |
| Symbology | The goddess whose horses drew the moon across the sky. | |
| Design Notes | The head of the goddess Selene rises from a crescent moon against a black 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. |
Renown (S 26) |
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| Class: | 1967 - 1996: Resolution Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | SSBN1 |
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Fate: Paid off 1995 and Laid up at Rosyth. Decommissioned in 1996. |
|
Autumn 1941: U96 departs for enemy flight in La Rochelle, France. In the steel belly of the submarine, 50 men crowd close, among them the young Lieutenant Werner, who came on board as a war correspondent. What begins as a quiet routine company soon turns into hell after the first shelling.
Trapped between fire and water, between fear and despair, between life and death, the team of the U96 experiences up close the destructive cruelty of the beast war. He's gonna change them all. If they survive it.
You don't have to say many words about “Das Boot” anymore: Wolfgang Petersen's dramatic film adaptation of Lothar Günther Buchheim's success novel was the first true blockbuster in German cinema history. “Das Boot” made his director an international star and his largely unknown actors into familiar faces. “Das Boot” was celebrated worldwide and was nominated for the Oscar six times.
Four years later, the six-part TV series was released, which takes an even more detailed and unobstructed look at the crew and their experiences on board the U96. In 1997, the director's cut was released in terms of cut, image and sound. Intensive atmosphere and nerve-scattering tension created a milestone in German film and television history!
Disc 1 The Boat - Director's Cut (Blu-ray)
Disc 2 The Boat - Cinema (Blu-ray)
Disc 3-4 The Boat - TV Series (Blu-ray) Disc 5 Bonus Material (Blu-ray)
Disc 6 Soundtrack (Audio CD)
Disc 7-8 Audiobook (MP3 CD) Bonus Material:Original Soundtrack, Audiobook to the novel, read by Dietmar Baer,
20 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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