HMS totem
 Before conversion and sale |
|
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Submarine |
| Namesake | Dakar, Hebrew דקר = swordfish |
| 1. Period of service |
|
| Commissioning | 1945 |
| Decommissioning | 1965 |
| Whereabouts | sold to Israel |
| 2. Period of service |
|
| Commissioning | 1967 |
| Whereabouts | sunk, probably on January 25, 1968 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
surfaced: 1327 ts |
| length |
83.30 m |
| width |
8.11 m |
| Draft |
4.80 m |
| Diving depth | 90 m |
| crew |
62 men |
| drive |
Diesel engines : 2500 HP (1864 kW ) |
| speed |
surfaced: 15.75 kn (29 km / h ) submerged: 8.75 kn (16 km / h) |
| Range |
popped up:
submerged:
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The HMS Totem was a 1945 posed in service submarine of the T class of the Royal Navy . After being sold to the Israeli Navy in 1965 and renamed INS Dakar , the boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 1968, probably on January 25, 1968 or later. The wreck was found in 1999 and partly lifted.
history
Coordinates: 34 ° 9 ′ 36 ″ N , 26 ° 15 ′ 36 ″ E
The boat was built in Devonport and entered service as HMS Totem in 1945 .
In 1965 the boat was acquired by Israel as one of three submarines from the stocks of the British Navy and renamed INS Dakar . The purchase was financed by the Federal Republic of Germany.
The boat entered service in November 1967 and took practice trips near Scotland . His last voyage began on January 9, 1968 in Portsmouth . On January 25, 1968, the boat disappeared without a trace in the Mediterranean on its way to Haifa . All 69 people on board were killed in the sinking.
In 1997, the US research submarine NR-1 took part in the search for the submarine .
In 1999 the wreck was located between Crete and Cyprus at a depth of 2900 m and partly lifted. The cause of the accident is unknown.
Parts of the ship are exhibited in the Naval Museum in Haifa . On Mount Herzl in Jerusalem there is a memorial for the members of the occupation.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Focus, July 3, 2000.
- ↑ Ynetnews, September 23, 2014.
- ^ Robert D. Ballard: Archaeological Oceanography. Princeton University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-691-12940-2 , p. 139 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).