| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in July 1947 at Milford Haven. |
Roll of Honour |
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| Hagan, James |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Died in the in the Newcastle on Tyne General Hospital from an abscess on the lung. At the time his submarine, HMS Tribune, was refitting in the Swan Hunter Shipyard at Wallsend. |
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| 03-03-1937 | Laid Down |
| 08-12-1938 | Launched |
| 17-10-1939 | Completed |
| 17-01-1940 | HMS Tribune fires 6 torpedoes against an enemy submarine in the Skagerrak about 15 nautical miles east-north-east of Skagen, Denmark. |
| 22-06-1940 | HMS Tribune makes a torpedo attack on an enemy merchant off Standlandet, Norway. All torpedoes missed. |
| 06-09-1940 | HMS Tribune attacks German submarine U-56 about 15 nautical miles north-east of St. Kilda, Hebrides. Two torpedoes were fired but missed. |
| 16-12-1940 | HMS Tribune attacks the German tanker Karibisches Meer in the Bay of Biscay east of Ile de Yeu, France. All torpedoes missed. |
| 19-12-1940 | HMS Tribune attacks the German merchant Birkenfels in the Bay of Biscay west-south-west of Belle Ile, France. All torpedoes missed. |
| 10-01-1943 | HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the French merchant Dalny 15 nautical miles from San Remo, Italy. |
| 11-01-1943 | HMS Tribune again torpedoes and damages the (now beached) French merchant Dalny off Cape Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 22-03-1943 | HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the German tanker President Herrenschmidt about 10 nautical miles north-west of Cape Suvero. |
| 30-03-1943 | HMS Tribune unsuccesfully fires four torpedoes at the Italian merchant Benevento about 50 nautical miles north of Ustica, Italy |
| Length overall | 275 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 14 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 1327 tons (surface) |
| 1575 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface 15.25 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged8.75 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 7500 miles at 15.25 knots (design) |
| (ii) Surface: 8000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | (i) 8 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 2 x 21 inch amidship tubes | |
| (16 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| (ii) 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 5 Officers and 51 Ratings |
| (wartime) 6 Officers and 56 Ratings | |
| Notes | (i) As an alternative load, Group 1 submarines could carry 18 mines |
| (ii) These were later replaced by, or supplemented by one 20mm Oerlikon cannon |
The Royal Navy's all nuclear-powered submarine force arrived just a few years after it accepted for service four modern diesel-electric submarines of the UPHOLDER (S40) class (designated SSK for hunter killer). The decision to retire these excellent boats was made for financial reasons following the Cold War. This note reviews the Upholders and their retirement from the fleet.
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Imagine a world without natural light, where you can barely stand up straight for fear of knocking your head, where you have no idea of where in the world you are or what time of day it is, where you sleep in a coffin-sized bunk and sometimes eat a full roast for breakfast.
Now imagine sharing that world with 140 other sweaty bodies, crammed into a 430ft x 33ft steel tube, 300ft underwater, for up to 90 days at a time, with no possibility of escape. And to top it off, a sizeable chunk of your living space is taken up by the most formidably destructive nuclear weapons history has ever known. This is the world of the submariner. This is life under pressure.
As a restless and adventurous 18-year-old, Richard Humphreys joined the submarine service in 1985 and went on to serve aboard the nuclear deterrent for five years at the end of the Cold War. Nothing could have prepared him for life beneath the waves. Aside from the claustrophobia and disorientation, there were the prolonged periods of boredom, the constant dread of discovery by the Soviets, and the smorgasbord of rank odours that only a group of poorly-washed and flatulent submariners can unleash.
But even in this most pressurised of environments, the consolations were unique: where else could you sit peacefully for hours listening to whale song.
Based on first-hand experience, Under Pressure is the candid, visceral and incredibly entertaining account of what it's like to live, work, sleep, eat and stay sane in one of the most extreme man-made environments on the planet.
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| Length overall | 275 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 14 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 1327 tons (surface) |
| 1575 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface 15.25 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged8.75 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 7500 miles at 15.25 knots (design) |
| (ii) Surface: 8000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | (i) 8 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 2 x 21 inch amidship tubes | |
| (16 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| (ii) 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 5 Officers and 51 Ratings |
| (wartime) 6 Officers and 56 Ratings | |
| Notes | (i) As an alternative load, Group 1 submarines could carry 18 mines |
| (ii) These were later replaced by, or supplemented by one 20mm Oerlikon cannon |
The Royal Navy's all nuclear-powered submarine force arrived just a few years after it accepted for service four modern diesel-electric submarines of the UPHOLDER (S40) class (designated SSK for hunter killer). The decision to retire these excellent boats was made for financial reasons following the Cold War. This note reviews the Upholders and their retirement from the fleet.
A candid, visceral, and incredibly entertaining account of what it's like to live in one of the most extreme environments in the world.
Imagine a world without natural light, where you can barely stand up straight for fear of knocking your head, where you have no idea of where in the world you are or what time of day it is, where you sleep in a coffin-sized bunk and sometimes eat a full roast for breakfast.
Now imagine sharing that world with 140 other sweaty bodies, crammed into a 430ft x 33ft steel tube, 300ft underwater, for up to 90 days at a time, with no possibility of escape. And to top it off, a sizeable chunk of your living space is taken up by the most formidably destructive nuclear weapons history has ever known. This is the world of the submariner. This is life under pressure.
As a restless and adventurous 18-year-old, Richard Humphreys joined the submarine service in 1985 and went on to serve aboard the nuclear deterrent for five years at the end of the Cold War. Nothing could have prepared him for life beneath the waves. Aside from the claustrophobia and disorientation, there were the prolonged periods of boredom, the constant dread of discovery by the Soviets, and the smorgasbord of rank odours that only a group of poorly-washed and flatulent submariners can unleash.
But even in this most pressurised of environments, the consolations were unique: where else could you sit peacefully for hours listening to whale song.
Based on first-hand experience, Under Pressure is the candid, visceral and incredibly entertaining account of what it's like to live, work, sleep, eat and stay sane in one of the most extreme man-made environments on the planet.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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Comments
Comment by: Ian Sutherland on April 21st, 2016
HMS TRIBUNE landed a special services party on a beach near Ajaccio in Corsica in Feb '43. There is a beautiful memorial to the party placed on the 50th anniversary and I am looking for more information.
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