HMS P561

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:HMS_P561A
gptkbp:class T-class submarine
gptkbp:commissionDate 1946
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew submarine operations training
gptkbp:crewSize 60 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1960
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1960
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:design British_design
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
1,200 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1965
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
Captain
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1960
gptkbp:firstHomePort Faslane
gptkbp:historicalEvent NATO_exercises
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_era_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS P561
gptkbp:landmark high-power periscope
gptkbp:launchDate 1945
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 76.7 meters
gptkbp:maxSpeed 20 knots
gptkbp:nickname The Silent Hunter
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Doe
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:notableFeature Operation Grapple
collision with merchant vessel
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Mainbrace
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalStatus historical
European_waters
gptkbp:productionYears 1946-1960
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy nuclear submarines
Vanguard-class submarines
gptkbp:respondsTo 1955
gptkbp:secondaryMission patrol_in_North_Atlantic
gptkbp:secondaryRole attack submarine
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1960
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Tactician
gptkbp:sonar active/passive sonar
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:successor HMS P562
gptkbp:supportRole submarine warfare training
gptkbp:technology sonar technology
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 6
conventional submarine