HMS Artful (P456)

HMS Artful (P456), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock and launched 22 May 1944.

A RCN Avenger AS.3 over HMS Artful in the mid-1950s
History
United Kingdom
Ordered7 April 1943
BuilderScotts of Greenock
Laid down8 June 1944
Launched22 May 1947
Commissioned23 February 1948
DecommissionedSeptember 1969
IdentificationPennant number P456
Fate
  • Sold to be broken up for scrap, 16 June 1972.
  • Broken up at Cairnryan, June 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeAmphion-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,360 long tons (1,382 t) surfaced
  • 1,590 long tons (1,616 t) submerged
Length293 ft 6 in (89.46 m)
Beam22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Draught18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 2,150 hp (1,603 kW) Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engines
  • 2 × 625 hp (466 kW) electric motors
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
  • 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) or 90 nmi (170 km; 100 mi) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth350 ft (110 m)
Complement60
Armament
  • 6 × (2 external) bow torpedo tubes
  • 4 × (2 external) stern torpedo tubes containing a total of 20 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes
  • 26 mines
  • 1 × 4 in (100 mm) main deck gun
  • 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA gun
  • 3 × .303 cal. machine guns

In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1955 she was the first of her class to be rebuilt and streamlined. In 1966 she completed a refit and recommissioned for service with the Home Fleet. In 1967 she undertook a Home Fleet Squadron tour to the West Indies and later that year attended Portsmouth Navy Days.

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