| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned in 1969. |
First all welded cover plate From 3 August 1945 to 23 August 1945
HMS Spur claimed the sinking of a total of 11 junks sunk by gunfire & demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca Transferred to Portugal in 1948 and renamed Narval.
| 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. |
Saracen (P 247) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Sunk after a depth charge attack on 14th August 1943 by the Italian Corvettes Minerva (Lieutenant Mario Baroglio) and Evterpe (Lieutenant Antonio March). Two members of the crew were lost in the sinking. The remainder of the crew were taken Prisoner of War |
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During the occupation of World War II, the owner of a Dutch shipping port is ordered to attend an interview with the head of the Gestapo.
His yard has almost completed two submarines and the Nazis are anxious to have them finished and fully operational. They offer to reinstate him if he agrees, which he does.
But what the Nazis do not know is that he is planning to double cross them and take the ships to England, if he can. Starring Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers and Esmond Knight.
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| 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. |
Saracen (P 247) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
|
Fate: Sunk after a depth charge attack on 14th August 1943 by the Italian Corvettes Minerva (Lieutenant Mario Baroglio) and Evterpe (Lieutenant Antonio March). Two members of the crew were lost in the sinking. The remainder of the crew were taken Prisoner of War |
|
During the occupation of World War II, the owner of a Dutch shipping port is ordered to attend an interview with the head of the Gestapo.
His yard has almost completed two submarines and the Nazis are anxious to have them finished and fully operational. They offer to reinstate him if he agrees, which he does.
But what the Nazis do not know is that he is planning to double cross them and take the ships to England, if he can. Starring Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers and Esmond Knight.
15 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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