HMS Alderney (P416)
HMS Alderney at Plymouth Sound in 1954. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Alderney |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down | 6 February 1945 |
| Launched | 25 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1946 |
| Decommissioned | November 1967 |
| Identification | Pennant number P416 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 June 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Amphion-class submarine |
| Displacement | 1,360/1,590 tons (surface/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 (1,600 kW) Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × 625 hp (466 kW) electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |
| Speed | 18.5 kn (34.3 km/h) surface, 8 kn (15 km/h) submerged |
| Range |
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| Test depth | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement | 60 |
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HMS Alderney (P416/S66), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow and launched 25 June 1945 by Mrs Molly Wallis, wife of Sir Barnes Wallis. She was the 12th of the class and was scrapped in 1972.