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.
The film also includes rare footage of a Royal Navy submarine depot ship in action..
See details on IMDB, find it at the Imperial War Museum, or watch it on YouTube:
Submarine On Patrol (1943)
Submarine On Patrol is a British World War II information film describing to the public the technicalities and roles of Royal Navy submarine operations.
Again it features HMS Tribune masquerading as HMS Tyrant.
While it appears to have been made at the same time as filming of “Close Quarters”, most of the footage is unique.
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.
