HMS 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 and type	S-class submarine
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 (27.32 km/h; 16.97 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Complement	48
Armament	6 × forward 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes 1 × three-inch (76 mm) gun (QF 4-inch on later boats) 1 × 20 mm cannon 3 × .303-calibre machine guns

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.

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.

Israeli Navy as Rahav

For other ships with the same name, see INS Rahav.

Sanguine was sold to the Israeli Navy in 1958 and renamed Rahav in March 1959, after the mythical sea-monster Rahab. Not operational during the Six-Day War, she was retired in 1968 and cannibalised for spare parts for Tanin, formerly HMS Springer, Rahav's sister ship which did see combat in 1967.

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.

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.