River Class Submarine (1932)
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Britain's three "River" Class Submarines were large submarines completed in the 1930s, and the last to attempt to conform to a "fleet submarine" for the Royal Navy.
| Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Thames | Vickers-Armstrongs | 26 Feb, 1932 | Lost c. 23 Jul, 1940 | ||
| Severn | Vickers-Armstrongs | 16 Jan, 1934 | Sold 1946 | ||
| Clyde | Vickers-Armstrongs | 14 Mar, 1934 | Sold 30 Jul, 1946 | ||
Service
Torpedoes
- six 21-in tubes forward
Guns
- one QF Mark XII 4-in gun
- one .303 machine gun
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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