HMS Maidstone (1937)
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HMS Maidstone was a submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy. It operated in the Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. It was later used as a barracks ship and then a prison ship in Northern Ireland.
HMS Maidstone in the harbour of Algiers. Alongside are HMS Safari and HMS Sahib
Maidstone in Algiers Harbour
Winston Churchill meets submarine commanders in Algiers aboard Maidstone during the War
Submarine tender
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A submarine tender, in British English a submarine depot ship, is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines.
USS Frank Cable (back of picture), one of two submarine tenders maintained by the United States Navy. The attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) is in the foreground.
Transfer of a Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile between the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19) and the ballistic missile submarine USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) at Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland, in 1961.