HMS Auriga (P419/S69), was an of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 29 March 1945.[1]
Auriga had a displacement of 1360LT when at the surface and 1590LT while submerged. It had a total length of 293feet, a beam of 22feet, and a draught of 18feet. The submarine was powered by two Admiralty ML eight-cylinder diesel engines generating each. Four electric motors each producing drove two shafts.[2] It could carry a maximum of 219LT of diesel, although it usually carried between 159LT165LT.[2]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 18.5kn and a submerged speed of 8kn.[3] When submerged, it could operate at 3kn for 90nmi or at 8kn for 16nmi. Surfaced, it could travel 15200nmi at 10kn or 10500nmi at 11kn.[2] Armament was ten 21adj=onNaNadj=on torpedo tubes, one QF 4 inch naval gun Mk XXIII, one Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, and a .303 British Vickers machine gun. Its torpedo tubes were fitted to the bow and stern, and it could carry twenty torpedoes. Its complement was sixty-one crew members.[2]
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Elizabeth II.[4] In March 1961, the submarine was among the vessels that took part in a combined naval exercise with the United States Navy off Nova Scotia.[5] Auriga departed Canada on 25 April 1961 after completing an 18-month tour with the Sixth Submarine Division at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[6]