HMS Severn (N57)

HMS Severn (N57)

HMS "Severn" (N57) was an ocean-going type of submarine of the River Class.

At the time of launch the River class were the fastest submarines afloat. They were powered by 10,000 h.p diesel engines for surface operations and electric motors for submerged operations giving top speeds of convert|22.5|kn|km/h|1 and convert|10|kn|km/h|0 respectively. She carried a complement of 60 crew and was armed with a convert|4|in|mm|0|sing=on gun, two machine guns and six torpedo tubes for 21 inch weapons. The tonnage of the "Severn" was 1,850 on surface and 2,710 when submerged.

During the war, she served in home waters and the Mediterranean. In May 1940, she sank the Swedish sailing vessel "Monark", which had been taken into German service. Assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, in June 1941 "Severn" fired upon an Italian "Argonauta" class submarine and later sank the Italian merchants "Polinnia" and "Ugo Bassi". In August, she attacked an unidentified submarine. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3410.html HMS Severn] , Uboat.net]

She was one of a number of submarines ordered to track the German battleship "Bismarck" before her eventual sinking.

She survived the Second World War and was sold for breaking up in 1946 to T. Hassanally, of Bombay.

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