| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | Scrapped Australia 1952 |
Unofficially named Exuberant
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 22nd Nov, 1955 | |
| Symbology | These manned craft strike from under the water. | |
| Design Notes | In chief, wavy white overall, two tilting spears in saltire proper, each grasped by a gold gauntlet. | |
| Additional Notes | This is a 'Type' badge assigned to all X-Craft. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Motto | Neminem curo et non ego. (I care for no one, and no one cares for me.) | |
| Symbology | Exuberant and untamed nature. | |
| Design Notes | On a blue field, a snow-capped mountain peak (representing Mount Fuji) Sable capped argent. To the dexter flank, a sun in his splendour Gules rayed argent, rising behind the mountain. In the lower void of the mountain, a polar bear dormant argent. | |
| 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 |
Stickleback (X 51) |
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| Class: | 1954 - 1958: Stickleback Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | XPW |
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Fate: Preserved in 1977 |
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Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion.
That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US.
McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 22nd Nov, 1955 | |
| Symbology | These manned craft strike from under the water. | |
| Design Notes | In chief, wavy white overall, two tilting spears in saltire proper, each grasped by a gold gauntlet. | |
| Additional Notes | This is a 'Type' badge assigned to all X-Craft. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Motto | Neminem curo et non ego. (I care for no one, and no one cares for me.) | |
| Symbology | Exuberant and untamed nature. | |
| Design Notes | On a blue field, a snow-capped mountain peak (representing Mount Fuji) Sable capped argent. To the dexter flank, a sun in his splendour Gules rayed argent, rising behind the mountain. In the lower void of the mountain, a polar bear dormant argent. | |
| 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 |
Stickleback (X 51) |
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| Class: | 1954 - 1958: Stickleback Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | XPW |
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Fate: Preserved in 1977 |
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Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion.
That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US.
McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away.
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