HMS Anchorite (P422)
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The HMS Anchorite ( ship identification P422, later S64) was a submarine of the Amphion class of the Submarine Service of the Royal Navy . She was in on July 19, 1945 Shipyard of Vickers -Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness , the only submarine shipyard Britain, to put Kiel , ran on 22 January 1946 by the stack and was completed on 18 November 1947 .
construction
Like all Amphion- class submarines , the Anchorite 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 Anchorite was equipped with 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-one men.
Mission history
During the construction and before the launch, the names of the Anchorite and the Amphion were exchanged, the later Anchorite was actually supposed to become the lead ship of the class . In 1953 she took part in the naval parade to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth II .
The Anchorite ran on 12 October 1956 in Rothesay Bay , Firth of Forth , due . Another accident suffered the Anchorite on October 3, 1960, which was at the time of the 4th submarine squadron in Sydney . She drove at a depth of 34 m against an unknown rock in the Gulf of Hauraki off Auckland in New Zealand . No one was injured in the incident. The submarine's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander WL Owen, was acquitted of all guilt for the incident in the ensuing court martial . The rock is now known as Anchorite Rock on the area's nautical charts at a depth of 16 m, 36 ° 26′S 175 ° 8′E .
In 1960, the Anchorite was the Royal Navy's first submarine to visit Tonga after World War II.
literature
- Blackman, VB (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
- 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
- Critchley, Mike (1981). British Warships Since 1945: Part 2. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-9506323-6-8 .
Footnotes
- ^ Blackman, Raymond VB (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., p. 275.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Souvenir Program, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, June 15, 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden.
- ↑ "Submarine Runs Aground". The Times (53661). London. October 13, 1956. col F, p. 6.
- ^ Critchley, Mike (1981). British Warships Since 1945: Part 2, p. 56, Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-9506323-6-8 .
- ↑ "Captain was not to blame". Navy News. December 1960. p. 9.