November 1968, while diving at 450ft off Gibraltar, Alliance suffered an explosion and fire in the motor-room which destroyed the boat's electrical switchboards and propulsion.
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Boat Classes
Boats In Class
Official
Broad Design
Amphion Specification
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
Former submariner and historian Peter Goodwin gives Alliance the Haynes Manual treatment, examining in detail her construction and restoration, and describing what it was like to live, work and go to war in a submarine.
Centuries in the making, the submarine is a formidable military vessel. Readers will be fascinated by this book about the history of this complicated invention, including information on the key players, the setbacks along the way to success, and the moments of discovery