HMS Amphion (P439)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | Very late in World War II |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 14 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 31 August 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 27 March 1945 |
| 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 miles at 11 knots surfaced 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots submerged |
| Test depth: | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement: | 5 officers 55 enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 × 21" (2 external)bow torpedo tube, 4 × 21" (2 external) stern torpedo tube, containing a total of 20 torpedoes Mines: 26 1 × 4" main deck gun, 3 × 0.303 machine gun, 1 × 20 mm AA Oerlikon 20 mm gun |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Amphion.
HMS Amphion (P439), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 31 August 1944.
HMS Amphion, later S-43, was the first of the class to be launched in August 1944. She was originally down as HMS Anchorite but their names were exchanged before launch.
In the class only Amphion and HMS Astute were completed before the end of the war, and neither were involved in hostilities.
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