HMS Springer (P264)
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 HMS Springer |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Springer |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 8 May 1944 |
| Launched: | May 14, 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 2 August 1945 |
| Out of service: | Sold to Israeli Navy on October 9, 1958 |
| Renamed: | Tanin 1958 |
| Fate: | Listed for disposal, 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged |
| Length: | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 48 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun |
HMS Springer was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on May 14, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Springer.
Built as the Second World War was drawing to a close, she did not see much action.[1] Springer was sold to the Israeli Navy in 1958 and renamed Tanin. She received spare parts from her sister ship Rahav, formerly HMS Sanguine, when Rahav was retired in 1968. Springer was listed for disposal in 1972.
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Springer, Uboat.net
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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