HMS Truculent (P315) the desirability of presenting it so soon after this grievous disaster. The Producers have decided to offer the film in the spirit in which it was made, as a tribute to the officers and men of H.M. Submarines, and to the Royal Navy of which they form a part. HMS Truculent (P315) HMS "Truculent" was a British submarine of the third group of the "T" class. She was built as "P315" by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 12 September 1942. "Truculent" was lost following a post-war accident with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary in January 1950.
History of the oil tanker who could ask enormous rates for their vessels. Where the existing tanker fleet comprised some 150 million long tons, in a quarter of a year a tonnage of 75 million was ordered, although new build prices doubled. The increase in scale brought a new problem. Until then, the washing of tanks after cargo discharge was done by water. In December 1969 three tankers exploded during tank washing. The Dutch Shell tanker "Marpessa" sank off Dakar and became the largest merchant vessel ever lost. The other two, the British Shell tanker "Mactra" and the Norwegian "Kong Haakon VII" were damaged heavily,