| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | P2 |
| Fate: | Sold to Oceanic UK Ltd of Blyth. she left Chatham under tow March 26th 1990 to be broken up. |
Paid off December 1987 and sold to an Education Trust for deprived inner city youngsters 'Inter Action', towed to Chatham June 22nd 1988 and laid up in No2 Basin. Fin removed for some reason and placed alongside on the dockside. The boat was virtually gutted inside and minus her masts, however, the project became too costly.
| 05-06-1958 | Laid Down |
| 31-12-1959 | Launched |
| 25-07-1961 | Completed |
| 26-03-1990 | Towed by tug Mr Cornishman to Blyth |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 17th Jan, 1933 | |
| Motto | Sis ut leones. (Be like the lions.) | |
| Symbology | A mythical creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the lower body and tail of a fish. | |
| Design Notes | A heraldic gold sealion erect on a background of green. | |
| 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 |
They're a funny breed, these submariners. They score at the top of the military entrance exams and can thrive for weeks beneath the surface of the sea in what amounts to a sophisticated tin can loaded with some of the world's most lethal weapons. They have their own rituals and initiations; their own language and bars. They tell jokes, love a good prank and will wrestle on the floor like puppies.
rime Minister Winston Churchill referred to Tirpitz as 'The Beast' and on 25th January 1942 he wrote, The destruction or even the crippling of this ship is the greatest event at this present time. No other target is comparable to it. With these words the seeds were sown for Operation TITLE, an Allied mission to sink Tirpitz.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 17th Jan, 1933 | |
| Motto | Sis ut leones. (Be like the lions.) | |
| Symbology | A mythical creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the lower body and tail of a fish. | |
| Design Notes | A heraldic gold sealion erect on a background of green. | |
| 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 |
They're a funny breed, these submariners. They score at the top of the military entrance exams and can thrive for weeks beneath the surface of the sea in what amounts to a sophisticated tin can loaded with some of the world's most lethal weapons. They have their own rituals and initiations; their own language and bars. They tell jokes, love a good prank and will wrestle on the floor like puppies.
rime Minister Winston Churchill referred to Tirpitz as 'The Beast' and on 25th January 1942 he wrote, The destruction or even the crippling of this ship is the greatest event at this present time. No other target is comparable to it. With these words the seeds were sown for Operation TITLE, an Allied mission to sink Tirpitz.
14 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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