Английская Википедия:HMS Amphion (P439)

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HMS Amphion (S43), modernised configuration, completed c. 1955–60

HMS Amphion (P439), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 31 August 1944.[1]

HMS Amphion, later S43, was the first of the class to be launched in August 1944. She was originally to be named as HMS Anchorite but their names were exchanged before launch.Шаблон:Sfn Of the class, only Amphion and HMS Astute were completed before the end of the war, and neither were involved in hostilities. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2]

Design

Like all Amphion-class submarines, Amphion had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert when at the surface and Шаблон:Convert while submerged. It had a total length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The submarine was powered by two Admiralty ML eight-cylinder diesel engines generating a power of Шаблон:Convert each. It also contained four electric motors each producing Шаблон:Convert that drove two shafts.[3] It could carry a maximum of Шаблон:Convert of diesel, although it usually carried between Шаблон:Convert.[3]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Шаблон:Convert and a submerged speed of Шаблон:Convert.[4] When submerged, it could operate at Шаблон:Convert for Шаблон:Convert or at Шаблон:Convert for Шаблон:Convert. When surfaced, it was able to travel Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert or Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[3] Amphion was fitted with ten Шаблон:Convert 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.[3]

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  2. Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 Шаблон:Cite book
  4. Шаблон:Cite web