HMS Amphion (P439)

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Amphion-class submarine
gptkbp:armament machine guns
1 x 4-inch deck gun
10 x 21-inch torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 22 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Barrow-in-Furness
gptkbp:class Amphion-class submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1945
gptkbp:complement 61
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1971
gptkbp:displacement 1,590 tons (submerged)
1,360 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 18 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Amphion (P439)
gptkbp:launched 31 August 1944
gptkbp:length 293 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Amphion_(mythology)
gptkbp:navalEnsign gptkb:White_Ensign
gptkbp:notableEvent first British submarine to enter Japanese waters after WWII surrender
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber P439
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:scrapped 1971
gptkbp:speed 8 knots (submerged)
18.5 knots (surfaced)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amphion-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5