Royal Navy Submarine Service
The Royal Navy Submarine Service ( German " U-Boot - Flotte der Königlichen Marine " ) is one of the five units of the Navy of the United Kingdom (next to Surface Fleet , Fleet Air Arm , the Royal Marines and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ). Due to the mostly hidden submarines operating under water, it is also known as Silent Service ( German literally "silent service" ). His motto is: Stay hidden, see everything ( German “Stay hidden, see everything” ).
assignment
Its main tasks are the prevention of conflicts ( English Preventing conflict ) and the protection of the sea routes ( English Providing security at sea ) with the aim of guaranteeing the stability, supply and prosperity of the country and its allies. In addition, there is humanitarian aid, such as in the case of natural disasters ( English Providing humanitarian assistance ).
history
Its history began in 1901, when the first six officers under the command of Reginald Bacon were assigned to the newly established Submarine Service and the Holland 1 was the first submarine to enter service. At the beginning of the First World War there were already 62 submarines as well as 168 officers and 1,250 men.
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War , on August 30, 1939, the submarine commander, Rear Admiral Bertram Watson , moved his headquarters from Gosport (near Southampton ) to Aberdour in Scotland . At the time, the fleet owned 60 submarines. After the war, the number was drastically reduced. Currently, the service has six nuclear-powered hunting submarines and four also nuclear-powered submarines of the Vanguard class ballistic missile .
Web links
- Official website , accessed March 14, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ Submarine service , accessed March 14, 2018.
- ^ The fighting arms , accessed March 14, 2018.