| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | Cancelled and scrapped incomplete 1945 |
Unofficially named Mermaid
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| 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. | |
| 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 |
Conqueror (S 48) |
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| Class: | 1970 - 1990: Churchill Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
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Fate: Paid off at Devonport on 2nd August 1990. Now sitting in 3 Basin at Devonport awaiting decommissioning |
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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. | |
| 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 |
Conqueror (S 48) |
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| Class: | 1970 - 1990: Churchill Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
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Fate: Paid off at Devonport on 2nd August 1990. Now sitting in 3 Basin at Devonport awaiting decommissioning |
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Provides a full description of the A Class Royal Navy Submarine Alliance, with particulars of the A Class, with photos & technical diagrams.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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