HMS Alcide (P415)
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
{{Other ships|HMS Alcide}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=p415_alcide.jpg |Ship caption= HMS Alcide }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=Alcide |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=2 January 1945 |Ship launched=12 April 1945 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=18 October 1946 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=Pennant number: P415 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 June 1974. Scrapped at Hull. |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Amphion|submarine}} |Ship displacement=1,360/1,590 tons (surface/submerged) |Ship length={{Convert|293|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{Convert|22|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{Convert|18|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=2 × {{convert|2150|hp|abbr=on}} Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × {{convert|625|hp|abbr=on}} electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |Ship speed=*{{convert|18.5|kn}} surfaced
|Ship range=*{{convert|10500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|11|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} surfaced
|Ship endurance= |Ship test depth={{Convert|350|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship complement=60 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*6 × 21 inch (533 mm) (2 external) bow torpedo tube, 4 × 21 in (2 external) stern torpedo tube, total of 20 torpedoes
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HMS Alcide (P415), was an {{sclass|Amphion|submarine}} of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs and launched 12 April 1945.{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3617.html|title=Alcide|publisher=Uboat.net|accessdate=20 August 2015}}
Design
Like all Amphion-class submarines, Alcide had a displacement of {{convert|1360|LT|t}} when at the surface and {{convert|1590|LT|t}} while submerged. She had a total length of {{convert|293|ft|6|in}}, a beam of {{convert|22|ft|4|in}}, and a draught of {{convert|18|ft|1|in}}. The submarine was powered by two Admiralty ML eight-cylinder diesel engines generating a power of {{convert|2150|hp}} each. She also contained four electric motors each producing {{convert|625|hp}} that drove two shafts.{{cite book|author=Paul Akermann|title=Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901–1955|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boO7WGL21EQC&pg=PA428|date=1 November 2002|publisher=Periscope Publishing Ltd.|isbn=978-1-904381-05-1|page=422}} She could carry a maximum of {{convert|219|t|ST}} of diesel, although she usually carried between {{convert|159|and|165|t|ST}}.
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|18.5|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|8|kn|km/h mph}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldnavalships.com/acheron_class.htm|title=Acheron class|publisher=World Naval Ships, Cranston Fine Arts|accessdate=20 August 2015}} When submerged, she could operate at {{convert|3|kn|km/h mph}} for {{convert|90|nmi|km mi}} or at {{convert|8|kn|km/h mph}} for {{convert|16|nmi|km mi}}. When surfaced, she was able to travel {{convert|15200|nmi|km mi}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}} or {{convert|10500|nmi|km mi}} at {{convert|11|kn|km/h mph}}. She was fitted with ten {{convert|21|in|mm}} torpedo tubes, one QF 4 inch naval gun Mk XXIII, one Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, and a .303 British Vickers machine gun. Her torpedo tubes were fitted to the bow and stern, and she could carry twenty torpedoes. Her complement was sixty-one crew members.
Service
In 1952 Alcide deployed to Canada for anti-submarine training with the Royal Canadian Navy.{{cite magazine |title=Submarine Artemis Back for Second Time |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=October 1952 |volume=4 |number=12 |pages=3}} In 1968 she took part in Navy Days at Portsmouth.Programme, Navy Days at Portsmouth 31 August – 2 September 1968, p. 21.
References
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Publications
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
External links
- [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/alcide_p_415_page_1.htm Pictures of HMS Alcide at MaritimeQuest]
{{Amphion class submarine}}
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Category:Amphion-class submarines
Category:Cold War submarines of the United Kingdom