HMS Affray left Portsmouth on 16 April 1951 and submerged about 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight at 21:15 BST, but failed to resurface when it was due to at 08:30 BST.

What You Need to Know: In 1951, the Royal Navy suffered a significant tragedy with the loss of HMS Affray, an A-class submarine designed during World War II to operate in the Far East. The Affray ...

As HMS Affray slipped away from her Gosport berth on April 16, 1951, little did anyone know that this sleek grey submarine would never return home. Sadly, neither she nor any of her crew were ever ...

APRIL 17, 1951: The entire 75-man crew of Royal Navy submarine HMS Affray died after it sank in the English Channel on this day in 1951. The vessel - the last British sub to be lost at sea - was ...

HMS Affray sailed from Gosport, Hants, on a routine training exercise in April 1951 but never returned. It was found two months later 46 miles (74km) south of Portland in Dorset. The author claims the ...

A memorial has been unveiled in Alderney to remember the crew of a Royal Navy submarine that sank near the Hurd Deep in 1951. Relatives, residents and former submariners gathered at Braye Harbour ...

During the search for a missing submarine, many strange things happened - including the sighting of a ghostly apparition. As HMS Affray slipped away from her Gosport berth on April 16, 1951 ...

What You Need to Know: In 1951, the Royal Navy suffered a significant tragedy with the loss of HMS Affray, an A-class submarine designed during World War II to operate in the Far East.The Affray ...

A memorial is unveiled in Alderney to remember the crew of a Royal Navy submarine that sank near the Hurd Deep in 1951.