| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | Broken Up 1991 |
| TBA: | Derek James Anthony | ||
| 1971: | David Malcolm Jeffreys |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 23rd Jun, 1942 | |
| Motto | Fierce in action. | |
| Symbology | A direct, aggressive military strike against an enemy. | |
| Design Notes | Four cutlasses with white pommels and gold hilts in saltire on a blue field. | |
| Additional Notes | While it originally referred to a military assault, people commonly use it in everyday speech to describe a massive, sudden surge or a heavy wave of something. | |
| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (i) (30 torpedoes) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 62 Others |
| Note | (i) Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes |
C 16 (I 46) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
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Fate: C16 which was dived and at periscope depth was in a collision with HMS Melampus on 16th April 1917. The submarine was damaged and hit the bottom at 60 feet. It appears that all the crew survived the collision and the bottoming but, through a series of misfortunes, all attempts at escape failed and the whole crew was lost. The submarine was later recovered and refitted and saw further war service. The submarine was sold for scrap to C A Beard of Upnor on 12 August 1922. |
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The true story of loss of His Majesty's Submarine Thetis is still shrouded in mystery. As a result of media coverage at the time, a number of conspiracy theories were spawned, some gaining more credence than others, in light of the inconclusive findings of the official reports. In Thetis: Submarine Disaster,
David Paul, having studied the events surrounding the tragedy of HMS Thetis for many years, examines the issues which led to the disaster, and draws some conclusions.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 23rd Jun, 1942 | |
| Motto | Fierce in action. | |
| Symbology | A direct, aggressive military strike against an enemy. | |
| Design Notes | Four cutlasses with white pommels and gold hilts in saltire on a blue field. | |
| Additional Notes | While it originally referred to a military assault, people commonly use it in everyday speech to describe a massive, sudden surge or a heavy wave of something. | |
| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (i) (30 torpedoes) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 62 Others |
| Note | (i) Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes |
C 16 (I 46) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
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Fate: C16 which was dived and at periscope depth was in a collision with HMS Melampus on 16th April 1917. The submarine was damaged and hit the bottom at 60 feet. It appears that all the crew survived the collision and the bottoming but, through a series of misfortunes, all attempts at escape failed and the whole crew was lost. The submarine was later recovered and refitted and saw further war service. The submarine was sold for scrap to C A Beard of Upnor on 12 August 1922. |
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The true story of loss of His Majesty's Submarine Thetis is still shrouded in mystery. As a result of media coverage at the time, a number of conspiracy theories were spawned, some gaining more credence than others, in light of the inconclusive findings of the official reports. In Thetis: Submarine Disaster,
David Paul, having studied the events surrounding the tragedy of HMS Thetis for many years, examines the issues which led to the disaster, and draws some conclusions.
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Comment by: Stephen Alexander on April 9th, 2026
Stern torpedo tubes removed in final refit in 1982/83 in Devonport Dockyard
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