![]() HMS Thames
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Class overview | |
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Name | River-class |
Builders | Vickers-Armstrong |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | S class |
Succeeded by | Grampus class |
Cost | circa £500,000 (in 1931-1933) |
Built | 1931-1934 |
In service | 1934-1945 |
In commission | 1934-1945 |
Planned | 20 |
Completed | 3 |
Cancelled | 17 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 345 ft (105 m) |
Beam | 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced |
Test depth | 300 feet (91 m), entered into records as max depth |
Complement | 61 |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
Armament | |
Aircraft carried | none |
Notes | Last fleet submarine design adopted by the Royal Navy |
The River class, or Thames class, were a class of submarines built for the Royal Navy. Operating during the Second World War, the three boats of the class comprised Thames, Severn and Clyde. All the submarines were named after rivers in the United Kingdom. One was lost during the war and the rest taken out of service following it.
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