HMS Alaric (P441)
| 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 | |
| Class and type: | Amphion class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,360 tons surfaced 1,590 tons submerged |
| Length: | 293 ft 6 in (89.46 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft 1 in (5.51 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 knots surfaced 8 knots 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-inch (2 external) bow torpedo tubes, 4 × 21-inch (2 external) stern torpedo tubes, 20 torpedoes Mines: 26 1 × 4-inch main deck gun 3 × 0.303 machine gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
HMS Alaric (P441), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird laid down in May 1944 and launched 18 February 1946.[1]
Service
Alaric served on the home station all her life and was modernised in the 1960s. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2]
In 1968 she was part of the First Submarine Squadron based at HMS Dolphin and took part in Navy Days at Portsmouth during that year.[3]
Following decommissioning Alaric was sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd for scrapping at Inverkeithing, arriving there in July 1971.
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1953 | Lieutenant-Commander A J D'A Burdett RN |
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant-Commander A E Thomson RN |
| 1968 | 1968 | Lieutenant-Commander D H Barraclough RN |
References
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3615.html
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ↑ Programme, Navy Days at Portsmouth 31 August–September 2nd 1968, p.21.
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.