| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | Sold 1992 Lost on tow Straits of Gibraltar November 2005 |
Sold 1992 to Pounds Scrapyard Portsmouth where she lay leaning over at 45 degrees or more on HMS Otus Until October 2005 sold to a Turkish scrapyard for an undisclosed sum.
October 30th 2005 - Taken in tow by the tug Fairplay XIV for her demise in Turkey. According to a report from Gibraltar, the tug was monitored on radar heading east through the Straits of Gibraltar a week later, but at a speed to fast to be consistent for a tug and tow. The tug was subsequently tracked into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco where she remained for three days before mysteriously heading back towards Lisbon.
| 26-09-1961 | Launched |
| 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 |
By its underwater nature, the submarine service remains one of the more perilous jobs in the Royal Navy. Advanced technology means that today's nuclear-powered vessels can now remain 120 days without surfacing and deliver a cruise missile with pinpoint accuracy to a target 400 miles away. There are also hundreds of checks constantly carried out on board and improved training for modern submariners. But there is always the potential for disaster
Japanese midget submarines carried out torpedo attacks during WWII at Pearl Harbour, Sydney, and Diego Suarez in Madagascar.
The Coffin Boats presents an in-depth examination of these three attacks and provides background information on Japanese midget submarines and their pilots
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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) | |
| 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 |
By its underwater nature, the submarine service remains one of the more perilous jobs in the Royal Navy. Advanced technology means that today's nuclear-powered vessels can now remain 120 days without surfacing and deliver a cruise missile with pinpoint accuracy to a target 400 miles away. There are also hundreds of checks constantly carried out on board and improved training for modern submariners. But there is always the potential for disaster
Japanese midget submarines carried out torpedo attacks during WWII at Pearl Harbour, Sydney, and Diego Suarez in Madagascar.
The Coffin Boats presents an in-depth examination of these three attacks and provides background information on Japanese midget submarines and their pilots
20 pages added or updated in the last 3 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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