HMS Alaric (P441)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | Very late in World War II |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 31 May 1945 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1946 |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 1971 |
| Fate: | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 24 June 1971; Scrapped at Inverkeithing in July 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,360/1,590 tons (surface/submerged) |
| Length: | 293 ft 6 in (89.5 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 2,150 hp Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × 625 hp electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.5/8 knots (surface/submerged) |
| Range: | 10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced 16 nautical miles (30 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged 90 nautical miles (170 km) at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement: | 5 officers 55 enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 × 21" (2 external) bow torpedo tubes, 4 × 21" (2 external) stern torpedo tubes, 20 torpedoes Mines: 26 1 × 4" main deck gun, 3 × 0.303 machine gun, 1 × 20 mm AA Oerlikon 20 mm gun |
HMS Alaric (P441), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched 18 February 1946.
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