| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | Scrapped Australia 1945/46 |
Unofficially named Excalibur II
Roll of Honour |
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| Enzer, Bruce Edward |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Died in trials with HMS Bonadventure off Queensland, Australia 22/6/1945 | ||||||
| Length overall | 51 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 8 ft 6 inch (with charges) |
| 5 ft 9 1/2 inch (without charges) | |
| Displacement | Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) |
| Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) |
| With Charges: 5 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 2 x 2-ton side charges, Limpet mines |
| Endurance | Surface: 1320 miles at 4 knots (with charges) |
| Surface 1860 miles at 4 knots (without charges) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 2 knots (with charges) | |
| Complement | 4 |
Prior to the Allied landings in Italy in September, HMS/M Severn had been involved in cloak & dagger operations such as the landing of commandoes on the island of Sardinia where they were to destroy the torpedo bomber base at Cagliari (but that's another story). The year was 1943 and the events recounted herein occurred towards the end of that year, following the unconditional surrender of the Italians in September.
Television drama starring David Jason. 40 years after a British submarine goes missing at the end of the war, it re-appears, and the British government send the remaining crew member (Jason) with a new crew to trace the sub's last happenings. But the new crew start showing characteristics of the old crew.
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| Length overall | 51 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 8 ft 6 inch (with charges) |
| 5 ft 9 1/2 inch (without charges) | |
| Displacement | Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) |
| Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) |
| With Charges: 5 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 2 x 2-ton side charges, Limpet mines |
| Endurance | Surface: 1320 miles at 4 knots (with charges) |
| Surface 1860 miles at 4 knots (without charges) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 2 knots (with charges) | |
| Complement | 4 |
Prior to the Allied landings in Italy in September, HMS/M Severn had been involved in cloak & dagger operations such as the landing of commandoes on the island of Sardinia where they were to destroy the torpedo bomber base at Cagliari (but that's another story). The year was 1943 and the events recounted herein occurred towards the end of that year, following the unconditional surrender of the Italians in September.
Television drama starring David Jason. 40 years after a British submarine goes missing at the end of the war, it re-appears, and the British government send the remaining crew member (Jason) with a new crew to trace the sub's last happenings. But the new crew start showing characteristics of the old crew.
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Comments
Comment by: Bruce Enzer on December 9th, 2020
Bruce Edward Enzer was my uncle. Think he was a sub Lieutenant in XE2. Prior to his fatal posting to Australia, he had been involved in the Operation Postage Able (COPP recon for D-Day) in X-20. Before then he was in X-10 who were involved in an abortive mission to attack the Scharnhorst..
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