HMS Artemis (P449)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | Very late in World War II |
| Builder: | Scotts of Greenock |
| Laid down: | February 28, 1944 |
| Launched: | August 28, 1946 |
| Commissioned: | August 15, 1947 |
| Fate: | Sank 1 July 1971. Sold to Pounds of Portsmouth for scrap in 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,360/1,590 tons (surface/submerged) |
| Length: | 293 ft 6 in (89.5 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 2,150 hp Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × 625 hp electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.5/8 knots (surface/submerged) |
| Range: | 10,500 miles at 11 knots surfaced 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots submerged |
| Test depth: | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Complement: | 5 officers 55 enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 × 21" (2 external) bow torpedo tubes, 4 × 21" (2 external) stern torpedo tubes, containing a total of 20 torpedoes Mines: 26 1 × 4" main deck gun, 3 × 0.303 machine gun, 1 × 20 mm AA Oerlikon 20 mm gun |
HMS Artemis (P449), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. of Greenock and launched August 28, 1946.
For other vessels of the same name see HMS Artemis.
On 1 July 1971 Artemis sank in 9 metres of water while moored at the HMS Dolphin shore-establishment at Gosport during refueling. The sub dipped by the stern (she was being prepared for fuelling using tha aft externals) which filled and the sub sank. She was raised on 6 July and decommissioned, sold to be broken up for scrap on 12 December 1971.
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