HMS Andrew (P423)

HMS Andrew (P423)

HMS "Andrew" (P423), was an "Amphion"-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched on 6 April 1946.

HMS "Andrew" made several claims to submarine history:
* she was the oldest submarine of the "Amphion" class in service
* she was the last UK submarine to carry a deck gun
* she was the last submarine designed during the Second World War remaining in service
* she was the first submarine to cross the Atlantic submerged using the "snort", in June 1953. The convert|2500|nmi|km|-2|sing=on, 15 day trip from Bermuda to England set a new world record for continuous underwater operation.
* she starred in a film - see below!

Film career

HMS "Andrew" was used in the 1959 film "On the Beach", playing the part of the fictional USS "Sawfish". The U.S. Navy did not cooperate in the production of the film, so "Andrew" was used to represent the nuclear-powered submarine.


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