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Sprat (X 53)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: XPW
Fate: Broken Up 1966
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The skipper cleared lower deck. 'Right men, this is the position we are in. We have got to get two X Craft plus the Depot Ship through the Canal, negotiating obstacles and hidden dangers to achieve our objective of flying the White Ensign in the centre of Janner Land.'

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 01-03-1955   Launched
XPW Specification
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
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