recreational spaces - which included cinema equipment, an extensive library and tape recordings; features which helped to offset the monotony associated with prolonged underwater voyages.
During her career, Dreadnought went on many varied patrols. On 24th June, 1967, she was ordered to sink the wrecked and drifting German ship Essberger Chemist. Three torpedoes hit along the length of the target; the gunners of HMS Salisbury finished the job by piercing the tanks which were just keeping the Essberger Chemist afloat.
In the mid-60s, Dreadnought's visits included trips to Norfolk (Virginia), Bermuda, Rotterdam and Kiel. She was at Gibraltar in 1965, 1966 and 1967, and on 19th September, 1967 she left
