| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 4 |
Last of the swiftsure class submarines built for RN at Barrow.
Launched by Lady Ann Eberle, wife of Admiral Sir James Eberle KCB, Commander-in-Chief Fleet
| 26-05-1976 | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
| 23-11-1977 | Laid Down |
| 05-10-1979 | Launched |
| 21-03-1981 | Completed |
| 25-03-1999 | In an operational first, the Royal Navy nuclear attack submarine HMS Splendid launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) against an air defense radar site in Yugoslavia during NATO operation Allied Force Wednesday night. |
| 17-07-2003 | HMS Splendid arrives at Faslane from final deployment before decommissioning. |
| 22-08-2003 | HMS Splendid paid off at Devonport |
| Length overall | 272 ft |
| Beam | 32 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 3500 tons (surface) |
| 4500 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | In excess of 1000 ft |
| Speed | In excess of 25 knots (surface) |
| 30 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 5 21 inch bow tubes |
| Complement | 12 Officers and 85 Ratings |
The British submarine, M1 which uniquely carried the firepower of a battleship was discovered 35 miles south-east of Plymouth at a depth of 81 metres by diver and submarine expert, Innes McCartney and boat skipper Grahame Knott.
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
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| Length overall | 272 ft |
| Beam | 32 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 3500 tons (surface) |
| 4500 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | In excess of 1000 ft |
| Speed | In excess of 25 knots (surface) |
| 30 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 5 21 inch bow tubes |
| Complement | 12 Officers and 85 Ratings |
The British submarine, M1 which uniquely carried the firepower of a battleship was discovered 35 miles south-east of Plymouth at a depth of 81 metres by diver and submarine expert, Innes McCartney and boat skipper Grahame Knott.
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
12 pages added or updated in the last 4 month
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