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| HMS Alliance IJ Royal Navy Submarine Museum |
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| HMS Alliance |
HMS Alliance is a Royal Navy A-class submarine which was commissioned in May 1947 and was in service in various roles until 1979.
The vessel was designed to conduct long range patrols in the Far East. It was originally equipped with a gun deck and external torpedo tubes. In 1947 it conducted a trial with a snort mast which allowed her to remain submerged for 30 days.
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| HMS Alliance 1947 |
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| HMS Alliance external gun deck |
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| HMS Alliance Gosport 1958 |
HMS Alliance was extensively modernised between 1958 to remove the gun deck, external torpedo tubes and streamline the hull. These modifications enabled the submarine to run quieter and faster underwater. It carried a shops compliment of 5 officers and 63 ratings.
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| HMS Alliance 1960 |
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| HMS Alliance 1963 SAS President Kruger |
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| HMS Alliance 1967 Gibraltar |
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| HMS Alliance 1967 Gibraltar |
was one of three submarines that transited the Manchester Ship Canal in 1967.
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| Manchester Ship Canal |
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| HMS Alliance 1973 Portsmouth final sail past |
The submarine was taken off active service in 1973 and used as a training ship at HMS Doplhin, the submarine training school at Fort Blockouse, Gosport. In 1979 she was preserved as a submarine museum.
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| HMS Alliance Royal Navy Submarine Museum |
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| Forward Torpedo Room looking forward |
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| Crew Quarters |
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| Mess |
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| PO Mess and quarters |
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| Control Room |
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| Coning Tower |
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| Periscope |
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| Radio Room |
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| Galley |
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| Engine Controls |
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| Diesel Engine |
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| Rear Torpedo Tubes |