HMS Alderney (P416)
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The HMS Alderney ( ship identification P416, later S66) 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 essential 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 as the twelfth submarine of its class on February 6, 1945 in the yard of Vickers -Armstrong in Barrow in Furness to put Kiel , expired on 25 June 1945 from the stack and was completed on 10 December 1946th As with all Amphion- class boats , their name begins with the letter A. Alderney is the name of a British Channel Island .
construction
Like all Amphion- class submarines , the Alderney 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 Alderney was equipped with ten torpedo tubes (21 inches, 53.3 cm), a 10.2 cm marine gun (QF, 4 inches, 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
After first exercises in the West Atlantic, the Artemis replaced the damaged Alderney in September 1952 , which had problems training with ships of the Royal Canadian Navy off Bermuda .
Between 1954 and 1963, the now repaired Alderney completed three assignments with the 6th Submarine Squadron in Halifax , Nova Scotia , and carried out exercises with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force .
She was modernized between 1956 and 1958 during a long overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Base .
In 1965 she was put back into service for the eighth time and assigned to the 1st submarine division in the land-based submarine driver training center called Dolphin .
In 1965 and 1966 she was present at the Navy Days in Portsmouth.
It was decommissioned in 1966 and scrapped on February 1, 1970 in Troon , Scotland .
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
- ^ Paul Akermann (November 1, 2002). Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901-1955. Periscope Publishing Ltd. P. 422. ISBN 978-1-904381-05-1 .
- ^ "Acheron class". World Naval Ships, Cranston Fine Arts.
- ^ "Submarine Artemis Back for Second Time". The Crowsnest. Vol. 4 no.12. Queen's Printer. October 1952. p. 3.