HMS Sanguine
Submarine of the Royal Navy
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HMS Sanguine was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 15 February 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sanguine.
HMS Sanguine | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sanguine |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 10 January 1944 |
| Launched | 15 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1945 |
| Out of service | Sold to Israeli Navy, 1958 |
| Badge |  |
 Israel | |
| Name | INS Rahav |
| Acquired | 1958 |
| Fate | Cannibalised for spares for Tanin, 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | S-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 48 |
| Armament |
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Built as the Second World War was drawing to a close, she did not see much action. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
Israeli Navy as Rahav
Sanguine was sold to the Israeli Navy in 1958 and renamed INS Rahav in March 1959, after the mythical sea-monster Rahab. The Rahav was not operational during the Six-Day War, and she was retired in 1968 and cannibalized for spare parts for Tanin, formerly HMS Springer (the only delivered operational Israeli submarine during the war), Rahav's sister ship which did see combat in 1967.[2]
Legacy
A Gal-class submarine named Rahav served with the Israeli Navy from 1977 to 1997. The Dolphin-class submarine INS Rahav was delivered to the Israeli Navy on 29 April 2013.