Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | A |
Pennant | P 422 |
Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
Ordered | 7 Apr 1943 |
Laid down | 19 Jul 1945 |
Launched | 22 Jan 1946 |
Commissioned | 18 Nov 1947 |
End service | |
History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 28 July 1970. Scrapped at Troon, Scotland in August 1970. |
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Notable events involving Anchorite include:
13 Oct 1956
Anchorite went aground in Rothesay Bay, being stuck for 2 days before being pulled free.
3 Oct 1960
Anchorite was damaged in striking an uncharted rock in the Gulf of Hauraki, New Zealand.