| Built By: | Fore River (USA) |
| Build Group: | US-S |
| Fate: | Returned to US and scrapped 1945 |
USS S-22 was decommissioned from the USN in 1942 and simultaneously transferred to United Kingdom where she was renamed HMS P554
She was based at Halifax, Canada as an anti-submarine warfare training vessel.
| 06-01-1919 | Laid down |
| 15-01-1920 | Launched |
| 23-06-1924 | Commissioned |
| 19-06-1942 | Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS P554 |
| 11-07-1944 | Returned to the US Navy |
| 16-11-1945 | Sold for scrap |
| Class: | 1925 - 1946: Odin Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2 |
| Fate: | |
| On 1st August 1940 HMS Oswald was rammed by the Italian Destroyer Vivaldi off Cape Spartivento. The Submarine sank and three of the crew members were lost. The remainder of the crew survived and were taken as Prisoners of War. | |
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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| Class: | 1925 - 1946: Odin Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2 |
| Fate: | |
| On 1st August 1940 HMS Oswald was rammed by the Italian Destroyer Vivaldi off Cape Spartivento. The Submarine sank and three of the crew members were lost. The remainder of the crew survived and were taken as Prisoners of War. | |
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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