| HMS Saga (P257) | |
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 HMS Saga | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Saga |
| Ordered: | 7 April 1943 |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 5 April 1944 |
| Launched: | March 14, 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 14 June 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Portuguese Navy in October 11, 1948, and renamed NRP Náutilo |
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| Career (Portugal) |  |
| Name: | NRP Náutilo |
| Acquired: | 11 October 1948 |
| Fate: | Placed on disposal list in 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged |
| Length: | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: |
14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 48ficers and men |
| Armament: |
6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303 inch machine gun |
HMS Saga was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on March 14, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Saga, after the Norse Sagas.
Built as the Second World War was drawing to a close, she did not see much action. On 10 February 1946 Saga collided with the trawler Girl Lena in the English Channel. The Girl Lena was sunk. Saga was sold to the Portuguese Navy in 1948 and renamed NRP Náutilo.[1]
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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