HMS Sealion (S07)

HMS "Sealion" (S07) was a "Porpoise"-class submarine. Her keel was laid down on 5 June 1958 by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was launched on 31 December 1959, and commissioned on 25 July 1961.

"Sealion" was paid off in December 1987 and sold to an Education Trust for deprived inner city youngsters "Inter Action", arriving at Chatham on June 22 1988.

She was broken up in 1990.

General characteristics

* Displacement: 2,080 tons (2,113 tonnes) surfaced, 2,450 tons (2,489 tonnes) dived
* Length: 88.4 m (290 ft)
* Beam: 8.1 m (26.5 ft)
* Draught: 5.5 m (18 ft)
* Complement: 64 officers and men
* Armament: 6 x 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes, 2 x 21 inch (533 mm) stern torpedo tubes; 30 torpedoes could be carried (usually Mk8 or Mk23) or mines
* Powerplant: Two ASR 16VVS AS21 diesel generators totalling 3680 bhp (2,740 kW), two English Electric main motors totalling 12000 hp (895 kW) driving two shafts, two 880 V batteries each of 224 cells
* Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h) surfaced, 17 knots (31 km/h) dived