HMS Auriga P-419 / S-19 / S-69

Type:
Submarine
Class:
A (Amphion)
Number in Class:
Pennant Number :
P-419
S-19
S-69

Built By:
Vickers-Armstrongs
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Keel Laid Down:
June 7, 1944
Launched:
March 29, 1945
Commissioned:
January 12, 1946
Decommissioned:
N/A
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold November 14, 1974 to J Cashman in Newport, England and scrapped.


Note: Dimensions and armament are general for class as built.
Length:
280' 6"
Beam:
22' 4"
Draft:
16' 9"
Displacement:
1,385 (Surfaced)
1,620 (Submerged)

Depth Limit:
350'
Speed:
18.5 knots (Surfaced)
8 knots (Submerged)

Range:
10,500 (Surfaced at 11 knots)
16 (Submerged at 8 knots)

Armament:
10 x 21" torpedo tubes (6 forward, 4 aft.)
Note: 2 each forward and aft were external one shot tubes which were later removed.
20 torpedoes or 26 mines
1 x 4" deck gun
1 x 20mm Oerlikon
3 x .303 cal. machine guns

Crew:
61
Notes:
Surviving boats modernized between 1955-1960. Both forward and aft sections were
rebuilt, sail modified and the external torpedo tubes were removed.



Builder's Data
Page published May 10, 2006