| Built By: | Union Iron Works (USA) |
| Build Group: | R (USS) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap to the to the North American Smelting Co., Philadelphia on 16 November 1945 |
Previously the United States Navy Submarine R17. Despite being transferred to the Royal Navy she never left American waters, being stationed at Halifax (1942-43) and Bermuda (1943-44) for anti-submarine warfare training. She was refitted at Philadelphia.
Roll of Honour |
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| Forward, Colin Walter |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| It is understood that he was accidentally drowned. Colin Forward was the son of James and Hettie Forward |
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| Scott, Walter |
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| Acting Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Reported to have died in the British Military Hospital, Prospect, Bermuda as the result of food poisoning. He had been serving Submarine HMS P512, which was previously the United States Navy Submarine R17. He was the son of Percy and Rose Scott of Poole in Dorset. |
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| 05-05-1917 | Laid Down |
| 24-12-1917 | Launched |
| 09-03-1942 | USS R-17 was transferred to the Royal Navy at New London. |
| 09-03-1942 | Completed |
| 12-12-1942 | HMS P-512 lost a man overboard off Pictou NS |
| 06-09-1943 | HMS P512 was handed back to the United States Navy. |
| 16-11-1945 | Sold for scrap to the to the North American Smelting Co, Philadelphia |
| Class: | 1970 - 1990: Churchill Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Paid off at Devonport on 2nd August 1990. Now sitting in 3 Basin at Devonport awaiting decommissioning | |
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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| Class: | 1970 - 1990: Churchill Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Paid off at Devonport on 2nd August 1990. Now sitting in 3 Basin at Devonport awaiting decommissioning | |
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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