HMS Springer

HMS Springer
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Springer
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down	8 May 1944
Launched	14 May 1945
Commissioned	2 August 1945
Fate	Sold to Israeli Navy on 9 October 1958
Israel
Name	INS Tanin
Acquired	9 October 1958
Honors and awards	Six-Day War Ribbon
Fate	Listed for disposal, 1972
General characteristics
Displacement	814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged
Length	217 ft (66 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Speed	14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged
Complement	48 officers and men
Armament	6 × forward 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch (76 mm) gun (QF 4-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun

HMS Springer 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 14 May 1945. So far, she has been the only boat of the Royal Navy to bear the name Springer.