Submarine Gallery

T class Submarine

Inside a British submarine: complex details of the craft in which our underwater crews live and fight'. A sectional view of a boat of the T class, showing how machinery, torpedoes, fighting gear and living quarters are compressed into a craft housing more than 50 men. Date: 1943

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HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine

HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine powered by diesel generators. Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28th November 1957, and launched on 18th July 1959. HMS Opossum was decommissioned August 1993 and then sold for scrap. Date: circa 1959

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Submarines against the Japanese, 1944

A double page spread in The Sphere, 1944, entitled "Submarines against the Japs: British underwater craft operating in the Far East." On the left hand page, a torpedo is shown being loaded through a special hatch on the deck, as well as an aerial view of the conning tower. The adjacent page shows a dramatic rescue at Sabang in Sumara, drawn by Montague Dawson, where a British submarine surfaced to rescue a crashed Allied fighter plane in the midst of a Japanese bombardment. Date: 1944

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