Title:ACTIVITIES ON BOARD SUBMARINES - HMS TRENCHANT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 1534
Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes around and on board the submarine HMS Trenchant.
Description: General view of submarine aft; HMS Tudor passes on starboard quarter and beam (Pantelleria in background). Tudor crosses Trenchant's bows. HMS Forth and submarines; going alongside Forth and tying up. Torpedo lowering and loading on board HMS Trenchant, going through the for'ard hatch. In the for'ard tube space, ratings set the propeller to "ready" firing position. There are six tubes.
Control room: submarine steering position, ratings operating trimming of fore and after planes, periscope operations, navigator plotting charts.
Engine room: shots of engine room and motor room, ratings working main motors. Submarines leave HMS Forth at La Spezia, Italy: Sanguine, Trenchant, Truncheon, Tudor, Seneschal.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, FORTH (HMS), submarine depot ship (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Sanguine (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Seneschal (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, TRENCHANT (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, TRUNCHEON (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Tudor (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - harbour: Forth (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: Sanguine (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: Seneschal (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: Trenchant (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: Truncheon (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: Tudor (object name)
operations, British naval - routine (object name)
Italy & La Spezia, Liguria (geography)
Italy & Pantelleria (geography)
