| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Israeli Navy 1958 and renamed Rahav. Scrapped Haifa, 1969. |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Peter Tremayne Miles | |
| 1945: | Acting Lieutenant | Percy Clive Stanbury Pritchard (RNR) | MID |
| 1946: | Lieutenant | Stanley William Clayden | DSC |
| 1951: | Lieutenant Commander | Charles Brian Mills | DSC |
| 1953: | Lieutenant Commander | Andrew Thomas Chalmers | DSC MID |
| 1955: | Lieutenant Commander | Allan Gordon Tait | DSC MID |
Transferred to Israel in 1959 and renamed Rahav.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 27th Jul, 1945 | |
| Motto | We strike to kill. | |
| Symbology | The word comes from the Latin word sanguis, which means "blood", and the trident is the tool of Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman) used for the protection of the sea realms by the god of the sea in classical mythology. | |
| Design Notes | The head of a gold trident embrued red on a blue field | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Motto | We strike to kill. | |
| Symbology | Ferocity, readiness, and controlled aggression. | |
| Design Notes | A tiger couchant guardant proper on a grassy mound, its tongue red. | |
| 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. |
In 1950 FOS/M received approval to commence work on streamlining older riveted boats early in 1951. The first boat, HMS Tireless was taken in hand in at the end of 1951 and apparently completed in 1952 ready for trials. Followed by the Token, Tapir, Talent and Teredo.
Sunken Ships of World War II is truly one of the greatest compendiums of naval history that has ever been put together.
Not only does it give an exhaustive chronology of events and actions of the United States Navy, it also contains listings of the Allies (American and English) and of the Axis (Japanese, German and Italian) naval losses wherever they took place.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 27th Jul, 1945 | |
| Motto | We strike to kill. | |
| Symbology | The word comes from the Latin word sanguis, which means "blood", and the trident is the tool of Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman) used for the protection of the sea realms by the god of the sea in classical mythology. | |
| Design Notes | The head of a gold trident embrued red on a blue field | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Motto | We strike to kill. | |
| Symbology | Ferocity, readiness, and controlled aggression. | |
| Design Notes | A tiger couchant guardant proper on a grassy mound, its tongue red. | |
| 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. |
In 1950 FOS/M received approval to commence work on streamlining older riveted boats early in 1951. The first boat, HMS Tireless was taken in hand in at the end of 1951 and apparently completed in 1952 ready for trials. Followed by the Token, Tapir, Talent and Teredo.
Sunken Ships of World War II is truly one of the greatest compendiums of naval history that has ever been put together.
Not only does it give an exhaustive chronology of events and actions of the United States Navy, it also contains listings of the Allies (American and English) and of the Axis (Japanese, German and Italian) naval losses wherever they took place.
14 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.
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