| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | Sold 1974 to Draper and Sons, Hull for breaking up. |
| TBA: | Captain | Gerald Allan Sotheran Paul | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant Commander | Edward Dudley Norman | DSO DSC |
| 1951: | Lieutenant Commander | James Stuart Launders | DSO DSC |
| 1953: | Lieutenant Commander | Peter Tremayne Miles |
4 inch gun mounted.
Present at the Coronation Review in 1953 and the Nato Naval Review in 1969.
| 02-01-1945 | Laid Down |
| 12-04-1945 | Launched |
| 12-04-1945 | Completed |
| 18-06-1974 | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 June 1974. Scrapped at Hull. |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 17th Jul, 1945 | |
| Symbology | A prize vessel name from 1755. Shows a Supporter from the Arms of Admiral Boscawen, Viscount Falmouth, who captured the ship. | |
| Design Notes | A sea lion, erect, white, goutty-de-larmes, armed and langued red, holding between the paws a fleur-de-lis in gold on a blue background. |
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| Additional Notes | The fleur de lys (which does not appear on the supporters) is a reference to the captured French ship. | |
| Length overall | 280 ft 6in |
| Beam | 22 ft |
| Depth | 16ft |
| Displacement | 1385 tons (surface) |
| 1620 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 18.5 knots (design) |
| Submarged 8 knots (design) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 4 x 21 inch stern tubes (2 external) | |
| 20 torpedoes carried | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| 1 x 20mm Qerlikon cannon | |
| 3 x 0.303in machine-guns | |
| Endurance | Surface: 10 500 miles at 11 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 55 Ratings. |
| 6 Officers and 58 Ratings after modernisation. |
| Class: | 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in July 1971 at Inverkeithing. | |
The true story of loss of His Majesty's Submarine Thetis is still shrouded in mystery. As a result of media coverage at the time, a number of conspiracy theories were spawned, some gaining more credence than others, in light of the inconclusive findings of the official reports. In Thetis: Submarine Disaster,
David Paul, having studied the events surrounding the tragedy of HMS Thetis for many years, examines the issues which led to the disaster, and draws some conclusions.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 17th Jul, 1945 | |
| Symbology | A prize vessel name from 1755. Shows a Supporter from the Arms of Admiral Boscawen, Viscount Falmouth, who captured the ship. | |
| Design Notes | A sea lion, erect, white, goutty-de-larmes, armed and langued red, holding between the paws a fleur-de-lis in gold on a blue background. |
|
| Additional Notes | The fleur de lys (which does not appear on the supporters) is a reference to the captured French ship. | |
| Length overall | 280 ft 6in |
| Beam | 22 ft |
| Depth | 16ft |
| Displacement | 1385 tons (surface) |
| 1620 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 18.5 knots (design) |
| Submarged 8 knots (design) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 4 x 21 inch stern tubes (2 external) | |
| 20 torpedoes carried | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| 1 x 20mm Qerlikon cannon | |
| 3 x 0.303in machine-guns | |
| Endurance | Surface: 10 500 miles at 11 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 55 Ratings. |
| 6 Officers and 58 Ratings after modernisation. |
| Class: | 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in July 1971 at Inverkeithing. | |
The true story of loss of His Majesty's Submarine Thetis is still shrouded in mystery. As a result of media coverage at the time, a number of conspiracy theories were spawned, some gaining more credence than others, in light of the inconclusive findings of the official reports. In Thetis: Submarine Disaster,
David Paul, having studied the events surrounding the tragedy of HMS Thetis for many years, examines the issues which led to the disaster, and draws some conclusions.
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