HMS Artful (P456)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Artful.
 A RCN Avenger AS.3 over HMS Artful in the mid-1950s | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | Very late in World War II |
| Builder: | Scotts of Greenock |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1944 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 1969 |
| Fate: |
Sold to be broken up for scrap, 16 June 1972. Broken up at Cairnryan, June 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Amphion-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,360 long tons (1,382 t) surfaced 1,590 long tons (1,616 t) 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 (1,603 kW) Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engines 2 × 625 hp (466 kW) electric motors 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) or 90 nmi (170 km; 100 mi) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 55 enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 × (2 external) bow torpedo tubes 4 × (2 external) stern torpedo tubes containing a total of 20 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedoes 26 mines 1 × 4 in (100 mm) main deck gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA gun 3 × .303 cal. machine guns |
HMS Artful (P456), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock and launched 22 May 1944.[1]
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2] In 1955 she was the first of her class to be rebuilt and streamlined. In 1966 she completed a refit and recommissioned for service with the Home Fleet. In 1967 she undertook a Home Fleet Squadron tour to the West Indies and later that year attended Portsmouth Navy Days[3]
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1953 | Lieutenant-Commander J T Mitchelmore RN |
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant-Commander G R Meek RCN |
| 1967 | 1967 | Lieutenant-Commander B Nobes RAN |
References
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3635.html
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ↑ Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth, 26–28 August 1967, HMSO, p21.
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.