HMS Artful (P456)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | Very late in World War II |
| Builder: | Scotts of Greenock |
| Laid down: | June 8, 1944 |
| Launched: | May 22, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | February 23, 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 1971 |
| Fate: | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 16 June 1972. Broken up at Cairnryan in June 1972 |
| 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 |
HMS Artful (P456), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. of Greenock and launched May 22, 1944.
For other vessels of the same name see HMS Artful.
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