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HMS Splendid was a third-batch S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War II.She was laid down on 7 March 1941 and launched on 19 January 1942. After an initial patrol through the Bay of Biscay to Gibraltar, Splendid conducted two patrols in the Mediterranean Sea; one was abandoned after technical problems and on the other she sank two Italian ships.
Two ships and two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Splendid. HMS Splendid (1597) was listed in 1597, with an unknown fate. HMS Splendid (1918) was an S-class destroyer, launched in 1918, and sold in 1931. HMS Splendid (P228) was a S-class submarine, launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943 by a German destroyer. HMS Splendid (S106) was ...
He passed again, and took command of the new S-class submarine P228, just launched at Chatham Dockyard on 13 January 1942. [1] He and his brand new ship (named HMS Splendid January 1943) were posted to Gibraltar to take part in Operation Torch, [1] and then back to Malta. HMS Splendid, photographed on 18 August 1942, ten days after she was ...
HMS Antelope - sank 24 May due to unsuccessful defusing attempt of unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (†2) - Fatal Damage. Commander N.J. Tobin; HMS Ardent - sank 21 May by bombs from IAI Daggers and Douglas A-4Q Skyhawks (†22) - Fatal Damage. Commander A.W.J. West; HMS Ambuscade. Commander P.J. Mosse; HMS Avenger. Captain H.M. White
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HMS Spartan (S105) HMS Splendid (S106) HMS Superb (S109) HMS Swiftsure (S126) This page was last edited on 3 September 2022, at 23:17 (UTC). Text is available ...
In May 1991 Oberon-class submarines Opossum and her sister Otus returned to the submarine base HMS Dolphin in Gosport from patrol in the Persian Gulf flying Jolly Rogers, indicating successful actions. [14] In 1999 Splendid participated in the Kosovo Conflict and became the first Royal Navy submarine to fire a Tomahawk cruise missile in anger. [15]
The British government had already taken some action on 29 March, ordering the submarines HMS Spartan and HMS Splendid to sail for the South Atlantic. [3] Spartan left Gibraltar on 1 April, and Splendid sailed from Faslane the same day. A third submarine, HMS Conqueror, followed on 4 April. [4]