HMS Saga (P257)

HMS Saga (P257) Náutilo
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Subtle class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy (RN) Portuguese Navy (PT)
Builder :	Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying :	April 5, 1944
Launch :	March 14, 1945
Commissioning:	June 14, 1945 (RN) October 11, 1948 (PT)
Whereabouts:	Closed in 1969.
Technical specifications (see Subtle class )

HMS Saga (P257) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy . The Saga was a boat from the fourth batch of the successful S-Class ; this construction lot is also known as the subtle class . The boat was laid down on April 5, 1944 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, northwest England , launched on March 14, 1945 and was put into service by the Royal Navy on June 14, 1945.

The boat collided on October 2, 1946 in the English Channel with the trawler Girl Lena , who sank as a result of the accident.

The Portuguese Navy took over the saga on October 11, 1948 and renamed it Náutilo . The Náutilo was placed in reserve in 1969.

Web links

Commons : British S-Class Submarines  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• HMS Saga on uboat.net ( engl. )
• British submarines during World War II (Engl.)

literature

• Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
• Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X
• Anthony Preston: The history of the submarines , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen, German edition 1998, ISBN 3-86070-697-7

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} The uboat.net states June 14, 1945 for the saga to go into service. Hutchinson (see literature ) states May 27, 1945.
2. ↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship .