HMS Spearfish
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HMS Spearfish was a second-batch S-class submarine built during the 1930s for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1936, the boat participated in the Second World War. The submarine was one of the 12 boats named in the song "Twelve Little S-Boats". So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named Spearfish.
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Name | Spearfish |
Ordered | 18 February 1935 |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 23 May 1935 |
Launched | 21 April 1936 |
Commissioned | 11 December 1936 |
Fate | Sunk by U-34, 1 August 1940 |
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Class and type | S-class submarine |
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Length | 208 ft 8 in (63.6 m) |
Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 10 in (3.6 m) |
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Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surface; 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged |
Test depth | 300 feet (91.4 m) |
Complement | 40 |
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