HMS Alcide (P415)

Alcide

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Submarine class Amphion class Shipyard Vickers , Barrow-in-Furness Launch April 12, 1945 Whereabouts Sold for scrapping on June 18, 1974

Ship dimensions and crew length 89.46 m ( Lüa ) width 6.81 m Draft Max. 5.51 m displacement surfaced: 1360 tn.l. submerged: 1590 tn.l.   crew 5 officers, 55 men

Machine system machine Diesel-electric Machine performance 2 × 2,150 PS surfaced, 4 × 625 PS submerged

Mission data submarine Radius of action at 11 kn: 10,500 nm Dive time 36 Immersion depth, max. 150 m Top speed submerged 8 kn (15 km / h) Top speed surfaced 18.5 kn (34 km / h)

Armament 10 × torpedo tubes ⌀ 53.3 cm (6 bow, 4 stern, 2 external non-reloadable torpedo tubes each) 20 × torpedo 1 × deck gun 10.2 cm 1 × cannon 2.0 cm Oerlikon 3 × MG 7.7 mm 26 × sea ​​mine

The HMS Alcide ( ship identification P415, later S65) was a submarine of the Royal Navy , which for Amphion class belonged, also known as A-class or as Acheron is called class. The Amphion- class submarines were designed for use in the Far East , where the size of the Pacific Ocean made long range, high surface speed and relative comfort for the crew important features to allow for much larger patrol areas and longer periods at sea, when the British submarines stationed in the Atlantic or the Mediterranean needed it.

It was on January 2, 1945 in the yard of Vickers -Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness on down Kiel , expired on 12 April 1945 from the stack and was completed on October 18, 1946th As with all Amphion- class boats , their name begins with the letter A. Alcide is the French and Italian versions of Alcides , another name of Heracles .

construction

Like all Amphion- class submarines , the Alcide had a displacement of 1,360 tons on the surface and 1,590 tons underwater. She had a total length of 89.46 m, a width of 6.81 m and a draft of 5.51 m. The submarine was powered by two Admiralty ML eight-cylinder diesel engines, each with an output of 2,150 PS (1,600 kW). It also contained four electric motors, each with an output of 625 hp (466 kW), that powered two shafts. It could bunker a maximum of 219 tons of diesel, but usually took between 159 and 165 tons.

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 18.5 knots (34.3 km / h) and an underwater speed of 8 knots (15 km / h). Submerged, it could travel 90 nautical miles (170 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km / h) or 16 nautical miles (30 km) at 8 knots (15 km / h). When surfaced, it was able to cover 15,200 nautical miles (28,200 km) at 10 knots (19 km / h) or 10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 11 knots (20 km / h). The Alcide carried ten torpedo tubes (21 ", 53.3 cm), a 10.2 cm naval gun (QF, 4", Mk XXIII), a 2.0 cm machine gun from Oerlikon, and a British Vickers machine gun ( .303 ) equipped. The torpedo tubes were attached to the bow and stern , and there were twenty torpedoes on board. The crew consisted of sixty men.

Mission history

In 1952, the Alcide was sent to Canada for joint submarine training with the Royal Canadian Navy .

In 1968 she took part in the Navy Days in Portsmouth .

On June 18, 1974, the Alcide was sold for scrapping and scrapped in Hull .

literature

• Colledge, JJ; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8

Footnotes

1. ^ Paul Akermann (November 1, 2002). Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901-1955. Periscope Publishing Ltd. P. 422. ISBN 978-1-904381-05-1 .
2. ^ "Acheron class". World Naval Ships, Cranston Fine Arts.
3. ^ "Submarine Artemis Back for Second Time". The Crowsnest. Vol. 4 no.12. Queen's Printer. October 1952. p. 3.
4. ^ Program, Navy Days at Portsmouth 31 August – September 2nd 1968, p. 21.