Allied Warships

HMS Astute (P 447)

Submarine of the A class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassA 
PennantP 447 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered7 Apr 1943 
Laid down4 Apr 1944 
Launched30 Jan 1945 
Commissioned30 Jun 1945 
End service 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 2 September 1970. Scrapped at Dunston on Tyne in October 1970.  

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1Lt. Richard Gatehouse, DSC, RN30 Jan 194513 Nov 1946

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