X-Craft


X Craft Midget Submarines

Production Years:- 1943-5

  • Two of the twelve class X.5 midget submarines were built at Gainsborough numbers X-24 & X-25.
  • Two of the twelve class XE midget submarines were built at Gainsborough numbers XE-9 & XE-10.

A Marshall employee working on the submarines quoted “You had to queue with your part to get inside due to the limited space. Once inside you hoped nobody had to rivet the outside, as you were in a bell”

X Craft Midget Submarines

Operational Years:- 1943-5

 X-24 made history, as it was the first of the X craft to actually sink any enemy vessels.

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