Stickleback class submarine
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The Stickleback class were intially ordered to replaced the old XE midget submarines.The Royal Navy may have intended to use these craft to carry a 2 ton nuclear mine into the approaches to the Soviet naval base at Kronstadt. The project was unsuccessful as there were problems finding and paying for the necessary fissile material. The Sticklebacks were a improved varient of the XE class.
HMS Stickleback was sold to the Royal Swedish Navy in 1958 and was renamed Spiggen.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
DISPLACEMENT: 35.2 surfaced / 39.27 submerged DIMENSIONS: 50ft 8in (pp) 53ft 10in (oa) x 6ft x 7ft 6in MACHINERY: 1 shaft diseal electric, 1 perkins P6 6cyl diseal, i electric motor, 50bhp/44shp SPEED: 6.5 knots surfaced / 6 knots submerged ARMAMENT: 2 detachable 2 ton side charges COMPLEMENT:5
REFERENCE
The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, Antony Preston
