HMS Saga (P257)
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 HMS Saga |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Saga |
| Ordered: | 7 April 1943 |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 5 April 1944 |
| Launched: | March 14, 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 14 June 1945 |
| Renamed: | to Portuguese Navy as Nautillo |
| Fate: | Sold October 11, 1948, placed on disposal list in 1969 |
| 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 Saga 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 March 14, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Saga, after the Norse Sagas.
Built as the Second World War was drawing to a close, she did not see much action. On 10 February 1946 Saga collided with the trawler Girl Lena in the English Channel. The Girl Lena was sunk. Saga was sold to the Portuguese Navy in 1948 and renamed Nautillo.[1]
[edit] References
- 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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