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X 3 (Piker)

Built By: Varley Marine (Hamble)
Build Group: XP
Fate: Scrapped 1945

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Unofficially named Piker

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Cmdr John Lorimer

Submariner who helped to mortally damage Tirpitz and spent six months in solitary confinement.

Events

 01-09-1941   Laid Down
 15-03-1942   Launched
 20-03-1942   Completed
 04-11-1942   Submarine X-3 sank in a training accident in Loch Striven due to a leaking engine valve. The Submarine was raised later the same day by the Salvage Vessel HMS Tedworth.

There were no casualties, all three Officers onboard (all Sub Lieutenants) were Trainees and managed to escape safely using DSEA sets after about 40 minutes on the bottom in approximately 110 feet of water. One (Sub Lieutenant John Thornton Lorimer RNVR) continued to serve in X-Craft but the other two, Sub Lieutenants Gay and Laites, transferred to another Branch of the Navy.

After refitting at Vickers at Barrow in Furness the Submarine was returned to service.
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