HMS Sanguine (P266)

HMS Sanguine (P266) Rahav (רחב)
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Subtle class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy (RN) Israeli Navy (IL)
Builder :	Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying :	January 10, 1944
Launch :	February 15, 1945
Commissioning:	May 13, 1945 (RN) 1958 (IL)
Whereabouts:	Shut down in 1967.
Technical specifications (see Subtle class )

The HMS Sanguine (P266) ( English: confident ) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy or the Israeli Navy . The boat belonged to the fourth construction lot of the S-Class , which was also known as the Subtle-Class .

The sanguine was laid on January 10, 1944 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, northwest England , launched on February 15, 1945 and was put into service by the Royal Navy on May 13, 1945.

The ship was taken over by the Israeli Navy as Rahav in 1958 . The name comes from a biblical monster (רהב) ( Job 26.12  EU ). Decommissioned in 1968, it then served as a spare parts donor for the sister boat Tanin, which is also in Israeli service .

Web links

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

• HMS Sanguine 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

Explanations and references

1. ↑ ^{a b} The uboat.net states May 13, 1945 for the commissioning of the Sanguine. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives February 15, 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 .