| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | 2400 |
| Fate: | Laid up 1995 then Lease/sold to Canadians 2000 became Victoria |
| 14-11-1989 | Launched |
| 06-10-2000 | HMCS Victoria (ex-HMS Unseen) delivered at Barrow-in Furness |
| 09-10-2000 | HMCS Victoria (ex-HMS Unseen) departed UK for Canada |
| 23-10-2000 | HMCS Victoria (ex-HMS Unseen) arrived Halifax from UK |
| 02-12-2000 | HMCS Victoria commissioned Halifax NS |
| 22-07-2003 | HMCS Victoria transits Panama Canal to become first Canadian Pacific Fleet submarine since 1974. |
| 24-08-2003 | HMCS Victoria arrives Esquimalt. First Canadian submarine on West Coast since 1974 |
| Length overall | 70.25m |
| Beam | 7.20m |
| Depth | 7.60m |
| Displacement | 1850 tonnes (surface) |
| 2400 tonnes (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200m+ |
| Speed | Surface 12 knots (design) |
| 20 knots + (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 6 533mm bow tubes (12 reloads) |
| Sub-Harpoon missiles | |
| Wire Guided Torpedoes | |
| Mines | |
| Sensors | Type 2046 Towed array. |
| Type 2040 Passive/Active bow sonar | |
| Type 2019 Passive/Active Range + Intercept Sonar | |
| Type 2007 Passive search flank array sonar | |
| Type 1007 Navigation radar | |
| Complement | 7 Officers and 37 Ratings |
| Class: | 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped 1972 | |
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
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| Length overall | 70.25m |
| Beam | 7.20m |
| Depth | 7.60m |
| Displacement | 1850 tonnes (surface) |
| 2400 tonnes (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200m+ |
| Speed | Surface 12 knots (design) |
| 20 knots + (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 6 533mm bow tubes (12 reloads) |
| Sub-Harpoon missiles | |
| Wire Guided Torpedoes | |
| Mines | |
| Sensors | Type 2046 Towed array. |
| Type 2040 Passive/Active bow sonar | |
| Type 2019 Passive/Active Range + Intercept Sonar | |
| Type 2007 Passive search flank array sonar | |
| Type 1007 Navigation radar | |
| Complement | 7 Officers and 37 Ratings |
| Class: | 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped 1972 | |
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
13 pages added or updated in the last 8 month
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