| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | Decommissioned in 1998 |
| TBA: | Commander | James Michel Ewan (RCN) |
Laid down as Onyx but bought on stocks by Canada 1963 and renamed Ojibwa Spent most of service life in the Atlantic, but for part of 1977 was on the coast of British Columbia.
| 27-09-1962 | Laid Down |
| 15-02-1964 | HMS Onyx renamed HMCS Ojibwa while under construction |
| 29-02-1964 | Launched |
| 23-09-1965 | Completed |
| 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 |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Troon 7/50 | |
During her distinguished career, HM Submarine Saracen was responsible for sinking thousands of tons of Axis shipping.
But in August 1943 her luck ran out when she was mortally wounded by depth charges from two Italian corvettes, the last Allied submarine to be sunk by the Italians.
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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 |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Troon 7/50 | |
During her distinguished career, HM Submarine Saracen was responsible for sinking thousands of tons of Axis shipping.
But in August 1943 her luck ran out when she was mortally wounded by depth charges from two Italian corvettes, the last Allied submarine to be sunk by the Italians.
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