| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Trnsferred to the Norwegian Navy as Utstein in 1946. |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | James Stuart Launders | DSC |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Andrew Thomas Chalmers | DSC MID |
| 25-08-1942 | Laid Down |
| 04-05-1943 | Launched |
| 19-08-1943 | Completed |
| 02-03-1944 | 2 Mar, 1944 - Torpedoed and sank the German merchant Thor off Stadlandet, Norway. |
| 15-04-1944 | Torpedoed and sank the German merchant Friedrichshafen south-south-east of Egersund, Norway |
| 11-09-1944 | Torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Vang off Lister, Norway |
| 13-09-1944 | HMS Venturer fires 3 torpedoes against the Norwegian merchant Force north-west of Egersund, Norway. All three torpedoes miss. Venturer then engaged the target with gunfire but the submarine was forced to break off this attack as she was fired upon by German shore batteries. |
| 11-11-1944 | Torpedoed and sank the German submarine U-771 in the Andfjord near Harstad, Norway. |
| 09-02-1945 | HMS Venturer, commanded by James S Launders, torpedoed and sank the U-864 (all hands lost) in the North Sea west of Bergen, Norway. This is the only known incident in all of naval warfare in which one submarine sinks another while both are submerged |
| 19-03-1945 | Torpedoed and sank the German merchant Sirius off Namsos, Norway. |
| Length overall | 195 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 10 inch |
| Displacement | 648 tons (surface) |
| 735 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| (8 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 33 Ratings |
C 7 (I 37) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
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Fate: Scrapped in December 1919. |
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Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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| Length overall | 195 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 10 inch |
| Displacement | 648 tons (surface) |
| 735 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| (8 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 33 Ratings |
C 7 (I 37) |
|
| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
|
Fate: Scrapped in December 1919. |
|
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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