| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | P2 |
| Fate: | Left Devonport under tow February 1980 having been sold to Blyth Shipbreakers and Repairers Ltd. Arrived at Blyth on February 14th to be broken up. |
Paid off at Devonport September 1977 and laid up. Proposed sale to Egypt fell through. Fin removed prior to bring sold and refitted to Olympus after a Collision
RN Submarines scuttled or captured in WWII
Descriptions of the events in WWII that led to the loss of Royal Navy Submarines in actions where the submarines were sunk, usually by scuttling, with the captains and crew taken prisoner. Included are two variations - in one case the submarine was captured and in another the captain was killed in action.
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| Admiralty Approved | 1st Jan, 1957 | |
| Symbology | A cachalot is another name for a sperm whale, which has teeth in the lower jaw only and belongs to the family Physeteridae. Sir Arthur Cochrane chose to devise a badge which is a pun on the name. | |
| Design Notes | A black grapnel of four flukes pale pendant from a cable, all in gold. The background chief per fess barry three white wavy lines on a blue base. | |
| Additional Notes | The original 1939 version featured a gold grapnel and silver lines. A grappling hook was widely used as a boarding tool in earlier times. Approved 1957. The original pattern is missing, so the exact date that the badge was passed cannot be established. |
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| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 12800 miles maximum (design) |
| Surface: 3860 miles at full power or 11500 miles at 8 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 64 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8 miles at 9 knots or 66 miles at 6 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (24 torpedoes carried) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 65 Others |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | |
| Mistaken for a U boat by anti submarine trawler Peter Hendriks off the Wash and rammed on 19 July 1941 | |
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors. With stealth and daring they go deep and dark, alone and unseen, in often dangerous waters. They sometimes call themselves the Silent Service, with good reason.
Australian submariners have done extraordinary deeds in the First and Second World Wars and, more recently, the Cold War. In April 1915 the Australian submarine AE2 penetrated the Dardanelles Strait to 'run amuck', a historic feat that was a turning point in the Gallipoli campaign. Eventually captured, her crew spent three harrowing years as prisoners-of-war in Turkey.
In the Second World War Australian naval volunteers made their name serving in midget submarines, attacking Hitler’s mightiest battleship, the Tirpitz, in the icy waters of a Norwegian fjord. Later, they fought the Japanese in the South China Sea.
And in the last half of the twentieth century, RAN submarines played a vital role tracking the Soviet navy in the Pacific Ocean. One wrong move could have led to outright war. The risks they ran, the perils they met and the intelligence they gathered are still classified Top Secret.
Submarines and the sailors who serve in them have been and remain the tip of the spear of Australia's defences. For the first time, this is their unique story.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 1st Jan, 1957 | |
| Symbology | A cachalot is another name for a sperm whale, which has teeth in the lower jaw only and belongs to the family Physeteridae. Sir Arthur Cochrane chose to devise a badge which is a pun on the name. | |
| Design Notes | A black grapnel of four flukes pale pendant from a cable, all in gold. The background chief per fess barry three white wavy lines on a blue base. | |
| Additional Notes | The original 1939 version featured a gold grapnel and silver lines. A grappling hook was widely used as a boarding tool in earlier times. Approved 1957. The original pattern is missing, so the exact date that the badge was passed cannot be established. |
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| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 12800 miles maximum (design) |
| Surface: 3860 miles at full power or 11500 miles at 8 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 64 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 8 miles at 9 knots or 66 miles at 6 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (24 torpedoes carried) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 65 Others |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | |
| Mistaken for a U boat by anti submarine trawler Peter Hendriks off the Wash and rammed on 19 July 1941 | |
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors. With stealth and daring they go deep and dark, alone and unseen, in often dangerous waters. They sometimes call themselves the Silent Service, with good reason.
Australian submariners have done extraordinary deeds in the First and Second World Wars and, more recently, the Cold War. In April 1915 the Australian submarine AE2 penetrated the Dardanelles Strait to 'run amuck', a historic feat that was a turning point in the Gallipoli campaign. Eventually captured, her crew spent three harrowing years as prisoners-of-war in Turkey.
In the Second World War Australian naval volunteers made their name serving in midget submarines, attacking Hitler’s mightiest battleship, the Tirpitz, in the icy waters of a Norwegian fjord. Later, they fought the Japanese in the South China Sea.
And in the last half of the twentieth century, RAN submarines played a vital role tracking the Soviet navy in the Pacific Ocean. One wrong move could have led to outright war. The risks they ran, the perils they met and the intelligence they gathered are still classified Top Secret.
Submarines and the sailors who serve in them have been and remain the tip of the spear of Australia's defences. For the first time, this is their unique story.
20 pages added or updated in the last Array month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.
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