XE-class submarine

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The XE-class submarines were a series of twelve midget submarines that were built for the Royal Navy during 1944; four more to a slightly different design were built 1954-5 as the Stickleback class. They were an improved version of the X class used in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz.

1944  WikimediaWikidata
15 produced, 
midget submarine, Royal Navy


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    Submarine XE4 at Sydney 1945Submarine XE4 at Sydney 1945
    Submarine XE8 Expunger sternSubmarine XE8 Expunger stern
    Submarine XE8 Expunger bowSubmarine XE8 Expunger bow
    XE8 at Chatham DockyardXE8 at Chatham Dockyard
    HMS Expunger, XE8 (12176818654)HMS Expunger, XE8 (12176818654)
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      commonsimageSubmarine XE4 at Sydney 1945 Commons
      commonsimageSubmarine XE8 Expunger stern Commons
      commonsimageSubmarine XE8 Expunger bow Commons
      commonsimageXE8 at Chatham Dockyard Commons
      commonsimageHMS Expunger, XE8 (12176818654) Commons