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 in the yard at Norfolk, Virginia, Ludwig went to Japan where he introduced the block construction method at the Kure Naval Yard. Here, in 1952, he built the "Petrokure" of 38,000 long tons. That same year, Onassis had a tanker of 45,000 long tons built and also Niarchos had supertankers built. Both Onassis and Niarchos claimed to be the largest independent tanker owner in the world. The "Sinclair Petrolore" that Ludwig had built in 1955, was at 56,000 long tons not only the largest freighter in the world, but also a self-unloading ore-oil carrier, the only one of that type