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Close Quarters


Close Quarters (1943) is a docudrama that follows a Royal Navy submarine on a North Sea patrol during World War II. It uses vessels, equipment, and crew of the day, being filmed onboard the Royal Navy T-class Submarine N76 HMS Tribune.

HMS Tribune survived the war and was scrapped in 1947.

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The film also includes rare footage of a Royal Navy submarine depot ship in action..

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See details on IMDB, find it at the Imperial War Museum, or watch it on YouTube:

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For Modellers

SSMODEL released a new 1:350 3D-printed kit of the T-class Submarine (HMS Thrasher) in 2024. This joins an older Pit-Road plastic injection kit, also 1:350.

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