HMS Aurochs (P426)

	HMS Aurochs
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Aurochs
Namesake	Aurochs
Ordered	Very late in World War II
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	21 June 1944
Launched	28 July 1945
Commissioned	7 February 1947
Decommissioned	1966
Identification	Pennant number P246
Fate	Sold for scrap on 7 February 1967. Scrapped at Troon, Scotland in February 1967.
General characteristics
Class and type	Amphion-class submarine
Displacement	1,360 long tons (1,382 t) surfaced; 1,590 long tons (1,616 t) submerged;
Length	293 ft 6 in (89.46 m)
Beam	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Draught	18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
Propulsion	2 × 2,150 hp (1,600 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 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced; 16 nautical miles (30 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) or 90 nautical miles (170 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h) submerged;
Test depth	350 ft (110 m)
Complement	60
Armament	6 × 21 inch (533 mm) (2 external) bow torpedo tubes; 4 × 21 in (2 external) stern torpedo tubes; 20 torpedoes; 26 × Mines; 1 × 4 in (102 mm) main deck gun; 3 × 0.303 in (7.70 mm) machine guns; 1 × 20 mm AA Oerlikon 20 mm gun;

HMS Aurochs (P426/S26), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 28 July 1945. Her namesake was the aurochs (Bos primigenius), an extinct Eurasian wild ox ancestral to domestic cattle and often portrayed in cave art and heraldry.

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