HMS Auriga (P419) explained

HMS Auriga (P419/S69), was an of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 29 March 1945.[1]

Design

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]

Service history

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]

References

  1. Web site: Agriga. Uboat.net. 20 August 2015.
  2. Book: Akermann, Paul . Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901–1955. 1 November 2002. Periscope Publishing Ltd.. 978-1-904381-05-1. 422.
  3. Web site: Acheron class. World Naval Ships, Cranston Fine Arts. 20 August 2015.
  4. Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
  5. A/S Exercise Off Nova Scotia . The Crowsnest . Queen's Printer . April 1961 . 13 . 6 . 2.
  6. Auriga Returns to United Kingdom . The Crowsnest . Queen's Printer . 13 . 7 . May 1961 . 3.

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