HMS H32 was a British H class submarine

British H class submarine

The British H class submarines were Holland 602 type submarines used by the Royal Navy. The submarines constructed for the British Royal Navy between 1915 and 1919 were designed and built in response to German boats which mined British waters and sank coastal shipping with ease due to their small...

 built by Vickers Limited

Vickers Limited

Vickers Limited was a famous British engineering conglomerate that merged into Vickers-Armstrongs in 1927.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...

, Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

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. She was laid down on 20 April 1917 and was commissioned on 14 May 1919.

Upon her commissioning, HMS H32 was assigned to be a tender to the submarine deport ship HMS Maidstone. She was also the first Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 boat to be fitted with the ASDIC (Anti Submarine Detector Investigation Committee) underwater sensor system.

HMS H32 was one of the seven H class submarines to survive until the end of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 . HMS H32 was sold in Troon

Troon

Troon is a town in South Ayrshire. It is situated on the west coast of Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. Lying across the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Arran can be seen. Troon is also a port with freight and ferry services...

on 18 October 1944.