HMS M78

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
Birkenhead
gptkbp:casualties nan
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1940
gptkbp:crew 50 personnel
Extensive training.
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:design British_submarine_design.
gptkbp:displacement 1000 tons
1200 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:engineType Diesel_engine.
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
scrapped
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_James_Brown
Captain_Robert_Green
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
Mediterranean_operations.
gptkbp:firstHomePort Plymouth.
gptkbp:golfingEvents No
gptkbp:historicalContext During_World_War_II.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Participated in major naval battles.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS M78
gptkbp:landmark Yes
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 76 meters
gptkbp:nickname The Silent Hunter
gptkbp:notableEvent Sank enemy vessels.
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
Survived multiple attacks.
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Submarine warfare.
gptkbp:operations gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:productionYears 1940-1945
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 8000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_M79
gptkbp:retirementYear 1946
gptkbp:secondaryMission Reconnaissance
gptkbp:services 1940
1945
gptkbp:serviceYears 1945
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_M77
gptkbp:sonar Yes
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 6
Mark_VIII_torpedoes.
gptkbp:type M-class submarine