HMS Sunfish (81S)

	Crew of the Sunfish operating the deck gun.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Sunfish
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	22 July 1935
Launched	30 September 1936
Commissioned	2 July 1937
Fate	Lent to the Soviet Union as V 1, 1944
Badge
Soviet Union
Name	V 1
Acquired	on loan from UK, 1944
Fate	Sunk, 27 July 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	S-class submarine
Displacement	670 long tons (681 t) (surfaced); 960 long tons (975 t) (submerged);
Length	208 ft 9 in (63.63 m)
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Twin diesel/electric
Speed	13.75 kn (15.82 mph; 25.47 km/h) (surfaced); 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (submerged);
Complement	39
Armament	6 × bow 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes); 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun; 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) machine gun;

HMS Sunfish was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched on 30 September 1936 and served in the Second World War. Sunfish is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats.

History
Crew of the Sunfish operating the deck gun.
United Kingdom
Name	Sunfish
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	22 July 1935
Launched	30 September 1936
Commissioned	2 July 1937
Fate	Lent to the Soviet Union as V 1, 1944
Badge
Soviet Union
Name	V 1
Acquired	on loan from UK, 1944
Fate	Sunk, 27 July 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	S-class submarine
Displacement	670 long tons (681 t) (surfaced) 960 long tons (975 t) (submerged)
Length	208 ft 9 in (63.63 m)
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Twin diesel/electric
Speed	13.75 kn (15.82 mph; 25.47 km/h) (surfaced) 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (submerged)
Complement	39
Armament	6 × bow 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) machine gun