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HMS Truant
HMS ''Truant'' (N68) was a British T-class submarine, T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow and launched on 5 May 1939. Career ''Truant'' had a relatively active career serving in the main naval theatres of war – Home waters, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific Far East. Home waters ''Truant''s first major victory came when she torpedoed and damaged the German light cruiser off Kristiansand, Norway, which disabled both engines and power stations. ' had to be scuttled with two torpedoes by the German torpedo boat ''Greif''. ''Truant'' later attacked the British merchant , unaware that it had been recently captured from the Germans, but her torpedoes missed. She also intercepted the German merchant ''Tropic Sea''. ''Tropic Sea'' had formerly been in Norwegian service, but had been captured by the German armed merchant cruiser in the South Pacific. As well as 8,000 tons of wheat, she had on board the captain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vickers Armstrong
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977. History Vickers merged with the Tyneside-based engineering company Armstrong Whitworth, founded by William Armstrong, to become Vickers-Armstrongs. Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers had developed along similar lines, expanding into various military sectors and produced a whole suite of military products. Armstrong Whitworth were notable for their artillery manufacture at Elswick and shipbuilding at a yard at High Walker on the River Tyne. 1929 saw the merger of the acquired railway business with those of Cammell Laird to form Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon (MCCW); Metro Cammell. In 1935, before rearmament began, Vickers-Armstrongs was the third-largest manufacturing employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
