Miscellaneous Pictures

HMS/M L26

Single hull, saddle tank submarines, improvements of the famous E Class of WW1. 36 boats built, of which three - L23, L26 and L27 - were still in service in 1939. Used mainly for training.

HMS/M Rorqual

Porpoise Class minelaying boat, one of six (others were Narwhal, Porpoise, Grampus, Seal and Cachalot)

HMS/M Clyde

One of the three River Class, (others were Thames and Severn). Double-hull, ocean-going boats, designed for long range and high speed. See Clyde. Severn and Clyde survived the war and were scrapped in 1946 in Ceylon and South Africa respectively. Thames had been lost on mines off Norway in 1940.

HMS/M Regent

Very similar to the P Class, the R Class comprised Rainbow, Regulus, Regent and Rover. See Regent and Misc. Classes.

HMS/M Scorcher

HMS/M Sturgeon

HMS/M Subtle (Post War)

The Snort (or Schnorkel)

Perhaps the most important post-war development for British diesel submarines. Here's the Snort Mast on Artemis in 1950. The officer is the First Lieutenant, Lt. Kirkwood, who died a year later on the Affray, when her Snort mast apparently cracked. The rating is believed to be Signalman Jeffs.

HMS/M Thorn

Lost in August 1942 in Mediterranean.

HMS/M Seraph in 1962

already with some streamlining, for use as a fast target to simulate newer U-boats.

Scotsman

Elegant Guppy-style fin in 1955 - note the very slim casing.

Scotsman in 1955 again.

HMS/M Scotsman

in about 1950 - it used an A Class battery and U Class diesels.

HMS/M Tireless

HMS/M Tireless in 1950s

Norwegian 'U' Class boats Utsira and Ula in the Shetlands

Alongside a Depot Ship.

A 'T' Class boat, inboard, with two 'S' Class. Stygian is outboard.

HMS/M United post-war

HMS/M Ursula

HMS/M Saracen

HMS/Ms Volatile and Virulent

at Malta(?) just after the end of the war. HMS Wolfe in background, with two 'T' Class boats. Thanks to Ian McAloon for the above two pictures.

HMS/M Volatile just after WW2.

John McAloon, Ian's father, is back left.

HMS/M Astute post-war

HMS/M Alliance at the RN Submarine Museum, Gosport, UK

The Excalibur, with the Explorer,

investigated an alternative to nuclear power during the 1950s - the use of High Test Peroxide (HTP). This gave off oxygen and steam and, when burnt, produced high-pressure gas to drive turbines. The theory came from the Walter engine, used in later German U-boats, one of which, the U-1407, was salvaged after being scuttled in 1945 and commissioned as HMS Meteorite.

HMS/M Tiptoe at the end of her long career, in 1968. At the scrapyard - Tiptoe left, Artemis right

HMS/M Tigris

Many pictures on this page, and in various other parts of the website, were kindly donated by Mr Colin Carpenter, having initially been received as postcards by Mrs Haselfoot, during the 1950s.

The Anti-Air missile ("Blowpipe" or SLAM) system on Aeneas (the 'SSG') in the mid-70s was probably a little ahead of its time. The 2000s has brought out an anti-aircraft missile launched while submerged.