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Ca. 1950: HMS TELEMACHUS surfaces close to carrier HMAS SYDNEY [III], possibly at Jervis Bay - Collection of CPO Gordon C. Evans, RN.
6959. We think this photo may have been taken in Jervis Bay in April 1950, when the aircraft carrier HMAS SYDNEY [III] returned from exercises in New Zealand with a group of RAN and RNZN vessels and this British T Class submarine, attached to the RAN for training purposes. The 1290-1560 tons HMS TELEMACHUS. was a unit of the RN's 4th Submarine Flotilla which had boats based in Australia over a 20-year period to train the RAN in submarine management and handling. She was herself based Down Under for half that time, from 1949 to 1959, and to all intents and purposes functioned as a unit of the RAN.
We're not sure what the purpose of surfacing here so close to the carrier might have been, but it looks like there would have been little margin for error, and quite dramatic
6959. We think this photo may have been taken in Jervis Bay in April 1950, when the aircraft carrier HMAS SYDNEY [III] returned from exercises in New Zealand with a group of RAN and RNZN vessels and this British T Class submarine, attached to the RAN for training purposes. The 1290-1560 tons HMS TELEMACHUS. was a unit of the RN's 4th Submarine Flotilla which had boats based in Australia over a 20-year period to train the RAN in submarine management and handling. She was herself based Down Under for half that time, from 1949 to 1959, and to all intents and purposes functioned as a unit of the RAN.
We're not sure what the purpose of surfacing here so close to the carrier might have been, but it looks like there would have been little margin for error, and quite dramatic