HMS Springer was an S class submarine

British S class submarine (1931)

The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines...

 of the Royal Navy

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, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on May 14, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Springer.

Built as the Second World War was drawing to a close, she did not see much action. Springer was sold to the Israeli Navy in 1958 and renamed Tanin. She received spare parts from her sister ship Rahav, formerly HMS Sanguine

HMS Sanguine (P266)

HMS Sanguine was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on February 15, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sanguine....

, when Rahav was retired in 1968. Springer was listed for disposal in 1972.