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4th Submarine Squadron (United Kingdom)

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As the Royal Navy transitioned to nuclear submarines from 1960 it sought to pass the anti-submarine warfare training role to the Commonwealth navies. It informed the Australian navy of its intention to disband the 4th Submarine Squadron and the RAN agreed to procure its own conventional submarines
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personnel. The Royal Navy transitioned to nuclear-powered submarines from 1960 and notified the Australians that the 4th Submarine Squadron would be disbanded. The RAN decided to procure its own submarines to replace the squadron in the training role and purchased four
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To help prepare the RAN for operating its own submarines the Royal Navy agreed to refit submarines at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. From 1960 British
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The 4th Submarine Squadron was disbanded on 10 January 1969, being replaced by the 1st Australian Submarine Squadron, initially comprising
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in Sydney. The 1st Australian Submarine Squadron was operational by 1969, upon which the Royal Navy disbanded the 4th Submarine Squadron.
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in 1963. To prepare the RAN to maintain these vessels the Royal Navy agreed to refit five
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were operated by the 4th Submarine Squadron at some point. The first three boats were
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was a unit of the Royal Navy operating conventional submarines. It was established at
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navies in anti-submarine warfare. In this role the squadron also regularly visited
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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand
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an earlier incarnation of the 4th Submarine Squadron operated out of
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was the last vessel of the squadron to leave Australia for Britain.
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Representatives, New Zealand Parliament House of (1957).
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In 1949 the 4th Submarine Squadron was established at
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1969
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Index

4th Submarine Squadron
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Squadron
HMAS Penguin
HMAS Penguin
Royal Australian Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
Oberon-class vessels
T-class submarines
Cockatoo Island Dockyard

Second World War
Trincomalee
Ceylon
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Sydney
HMAS Penguin
Royal Australian Navy
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Commonwealth
New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Navy
Fiji
Oberon-class submarines
T-class submarines
Australian Department of the Navy
HMS Tabard
HMS Trump
HMS Taciturn

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