HMS Alderney (P416)

HMS Alderney at Plymouth Sound in 1954.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Alderney
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	6 February 1945
Launched	25 June 1945
Commissioned	10 December 1946
Decommissioned	November 1967
Identification	Pennant number P416
Fate	Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 June 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Amphion-class submarine
Displacement	1,360/1,590 tons (surface/submerged)
Length	293 ft 6 in (89.46 m)
Beam	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Draught	18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
Propulsion	2 × 2,150 hp (1,600 kW) Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × 625 hp (466 kW) electric motors for submergence driving two shafts
Speed	18.5 kn (34.3 km/h) surface, 8 kn (15 km/h) submerged
Range	10,500 nmi (19,400 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) surfaced 16 nmi (30 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) or 90 nmi (170 km) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h) submerged
Test depth	350 ft (110 m)
Complement	60
Armament	6 × 21 inch (533 mm) (2 external)bow torpedo tube, 4 × 21 in (2 external) stern torpedo tube, containing a total of 20 torpedoes Mines: 26 1 × 4 in (102 mm) main deck gun, 3 × 0.303 machine gun, 1 × 20 mm AA Oerlikon 20 mm gun

HMS Alderney (P416/S66), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow and launched 25 June 1945^[1] by Mrs Molly Wallis, wife of Sir Barnes Wallis. She was the 12th of the class and was scrapped in 1972.