| 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 |
Submariner who helped to mortally damage Tirpitz and spent six months in solitary confinement.
A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1991. Examines the development of the submarine from experimental stages in the late 18th century to the present day, and provides details of all disasters ever reported.
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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 |
Submariner who helped to mortally damage Tirpitz and spent six months in solitary confinement.
A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1991. Examines the development of the submarine from experimental stages in the late 18th century to the present day, and provides details of all disasters ever reported.
14 pages added or updated in the last 8 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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