HMS Aeneas (P427)
Amphion-class submarine HMS Aeneas | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Aeneas |
| Namesake | Aeneas |
| Builder | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down | 10 October 1944 |
| Launched | 25 October 1945 |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number P427 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Amphion-class submarine |
| Displacement | 1,360/1,590 tons (surface/submerged) |
| Length | 293 ft 6 in (89.46 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft 1 in (5.51 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 2,150 hp (1,600 kW) Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × 625 hp (466 kW) electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |
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| Test depth | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement | 60 |
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HMS Aeneas (P427) was a British Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched on 9 October 1945. She was named after the hero Aeneas from Greek mythology.