HMS Adamant (A164)
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HMS Adamant
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Ordered | 1 March 1939 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1023[1] |
Laid down | 18 May 1939 |
Launched | 30 November 1940 |
Completed | 28 February 1942[1] |
Commissioned | 28 February 1942 |
Stricken | March 1966 |
Motto | "Lead On" |
Fate | Broken up September 1970 at Inverkeithing |
General characteristics | |
Displacement |
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Length | 189 m (620 ft) (pp) 200.5 m (oa) |
Beam | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) full load |
Propulsion | 8,000 shp (6,000 kW) geared turbines |
Speed | 17 knots maximum |
Complement | 1273 |
Armament |
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Armour | 1 inch torpedo bulkhead, 2 inch armoured deck |
HMS Adamant was a World War II submarine depot ship.
Completed in 1942, she served in the
In October 1954, she was commissioned as depot ship to the 3rd Submarine Squadron at
Adamant was capable of servicing up to nine submarines at a time while accommodating their crews. Her on-board facilities included a foundry, light and heavy machine shops, electrical and torpedo repair shops, and equipment to support fitters, patternmakers, coppersmiths and shipwrights. After the war, the increased technical sophistication of submarines, and the concomitant increase in the number of technical staff required to service them, reduced her support capacity to six submarines at a time.
In 1963, all her original guns were removed and replaced by two quadruple and two twin
References
- ^ ISBN 9780752488615.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ^ Janes Fighting Ships 1965