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HMS Spark
Submarine of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Spark (pennant number P236) was a S-class submarine of the third batch built for the Royal Navy during World War II. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1950.
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Name | HMS Spark |
Builder | Scotts, Greenock |
Laid down | 10 October 1942 |
Launched | 28 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 April 1944 |
Fate | broken up October 1950 |
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Class and type | S-class submarine |
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Length | 217 ft (66.1 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 9 in (7.2 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
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Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surface; 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged |
Test depth | 300 feet (91.4 m) |
Complement | 48 |
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