HMS Ace (P414)
HMS Ace (P414) was the name allocated to an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy which was laid down on 3 December 1943 and launched at Devonport Dockyard on 14 March 1945 during the Second World War.[1]
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Ace (P414) |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 3 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 14 March 1945 |
| Fate: | Broken up, June 1950 |
| General characteristics if completed | |
| Class and type: | Amphion-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,360/1,590 tons (surface/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 engine, 2 × 625 hp (466 kW) electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |
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| Test depth: | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement: | 5 officers 55 enlisted |
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She was not completed because of the end of the war, however the hull was used for explosives testing before arrival in June 1950 to Messrs. Smith & Houston of Port Glasgow, Scotland to be broken up.[1][2]
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