HMS Astute (P447)
HMS Astute (P447/S45) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Astute |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrongs |
| Laid down | 4 April 1944 |
| Launched | 30 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 October 1970 |
| 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 Astute (P447) was an Amphion-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in 1944 and commissioned in 1945.
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Astute was scrapped on 1 October 1970 at Dunston on Tyne.