HMS Sanguine (P266)

  • Royal Navy ( RN )
  • Israeli Navy ( IL)

(see Subtle class)

The HMS Sanguine ( P266 ) (English: confident ) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy and the Israeli Navy. The boat belonged to the fourth contract section of the S-Class, which was also called Subtle class.

The Sanguine was laid on January 10, 1944 at Cammell Laird in the North West of England Birkenhead at Kiel, was launched on February 15, 1945 from the pile and was put into service by the Royal Navy on 13 May 1945.

The ship was taken over by Israeli navy as INS Rahav 1958. The name derives from a biblical monster ( רחב v) ago. Decommissioned in 1968, it then served as a source of spare parts for also standing in Israeli services sister boat Tanin.

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