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"S" War Emergency and 1941 Programs" submarines (P211) (1942 - 1945)

Spiteful 1945

Scotsman 1963

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
War Emergency Programme
P211, 1.1943- Safari P211   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 6.1940 18.11.1941 3/1942 lost 8.1.1946
P212, 1.1943- Sahib P212   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 7.1940 19.1.1942 5/1942 sunk 24.4.1943
P213, 1.1943- Saracen P213 - P247   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 7.1940 16.2.1942 6/1942 sunk 14.8.1943
Satyr P214, 1948- S84   Scotts, Greenock 6.1940 28.9.1942 2/1943 to France 2.1952 - 8.1961 (Saphir), BU 4.1962
Sceptre P215, 1948- S...   Scotts, Greenock 7.1940 9.1.1943 4/1943 BU 9.1949
1940 program
P216, 1.1943- Sea Dog P216   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 12.1940 11.6.1942 9/1942 BU 8.1948
P217, 1.1943- Sibyl P217   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 12.1940 29.4.1942 8/1942 BU 3.1948
P222 P222   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 8.1940 20.9.1941 5/1942 sunk 12.12.1942
P223, 1.1943- Sea Nymph P223   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 5.1941 29.7.1942 11/1942 BU 6.1948
Sea Rover P218, 1948- S...   Scotts, Greenock / Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1.1941 18.2.1943 7.1943 BU 10.1949
P219, 1.1943- Seraph P219, 1948- S89   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 8.1940 25.10.1941 6.1942 BU 12.1965
P221, 1.1943- Shakespeare P221   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 11.1940 8.12.1941 7/1942 BU 7.1946
P224, 1.1943- Sickle P224   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 5.1941 27.8.1942 12/1942 sunk 14.6.1944
P225, 1.1943- Simoom P225   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 7.1941 12.10.1942 12/1942 sunk 15.11.1943
Sirdar P226, 1948- S76   Scotts, Greenock / Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 4.1941 26.3.1943 9.1943 BU 5.1965
Spiteful P227, 1948- S...   Scotts, Greenock 9.1941 5.6.1943 10/1943 to France 1.1952 - 11.1958 (Siréne), BU 7.1963
P228, 1.1943- Splendid P228   Chatham DYd 3.1941 19.1.1942 8/1942 sunk 21.4.1943
P229, 1.1943- Sportsman P229, 1948- S...   Chatham DYd 7.1941 17.4.1942 12/1942 to France 1951 (Sibylle)
1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Scythian P237, 1948- S137   Scotts, Greenock 2.1943 14.4.1944 8/1944 BU 8.1960
Shalimar P242, 1948- S...   Chatham DYd 4.1942 22.4.1943 4/1944 BU 7.1950
Spark P236, 1948- S...   Scotts, Greenock 10.1942 28.12.1943 4/1944 BU 10.1949
Spirit P245, 1948- S...   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 10.1942 20.7.1943 10/1943 BU 7.1950
Statesman P246, 1948- S46   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 11.1942 14.9.1943 12/1943 to France 1952 - 11.1959 (Sultane), BU 1.1961
Stoic P231, 1948- S...   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 6.1942 9.4.1943 6/1943 BU 7.1950
Stonehenge P232   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 4.1942 23.3.1943 6/1943 sunk 20.3.1944
Storm P233, 1948- S...   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 6.1942 18.5.1943 8/1943 BU 9.1949
Stratagem P234   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 4.1942 21.6.1943 10/1943 sunk 22.11.1944
Strongbow P235   Scotts, Greenock 4.1942 30.8.1943 12/1943 BU 4.1946
Stubborn P238   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 9.1941 11.11.1942 2/1943 sunk as target 30.4.1946
Surf P239, 1948- S...   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 2.1941 10.12.1942 3/1943 BU 10.1949
Syrtis P241   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 10.1941 4.2.1943 4/1943 sunk 28.3.1944
1941 Programme, welded pressure hull
Scotsman P243, 1948- S143   Scotts, Greenock 4.1943 18.8.1944 12/1944 BU 11.1964
Sea Devil P244, 1948- S44   Scotts, Greenock 5.1943 30.1.1945 5/1945 BU 12.1965

 

Displacement standard, t

715

Displacement normal, t

842 / 990

Safari, Scotsman, Sea Devil: 814 / 990

Length, m

66.1

Breadth, m

7.24

Draught, m

4.22 - 4.47

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Admiralty diesels / 2 electric motors

P222, Seraph, Shakespeare: 2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1900 / 1300

Max speed, kn

14.75 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 67, later 92

Safari, Scotsman, Sea Devil: diesel oil 45, later Scotsman è Sea Devil: 85

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(10) /

Safari, Scotsman, Sea Devil: 4000(10) /

Armament

Sahib, Saracen, Satyr, Sceptre: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 3 x 1 - 12.7/62, 7 - 533 TT (6 bow, 1 ext stern, 13 torpedoes or 12 Ì2 mines)

Sea Dog, Sea Nymph, Sea Rover, Seraph, Shakespeare, Sibyl, Sickle, Simoom, Sirdar, Spiteful, Splendid, Sportsman, Shalimar, Spark, Spirit, Statesman, Stoic, Stonehenge, Storm,  Stratagem, Strongbow, Stubborn, Surf, Syrtis: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 7 - 533 TT (6 bow, 1 ext stern, 13 torpedoes or 12 Ì2 mines)

Scotsman, Scythian, Sea Devil: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 6 - 533 TT (6 bow,12 torpedoes or 12 Ì2 mines)

Safari, P222: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 3 x 1 - 12.7/62, 6 - 533 TT (6 bow, 12 torpedoes or 12 Ì2 mines)

Sensors

completed 1942 - 1944: type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

completed 1944 - 1945: type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

48

Diving depth operational, m

95

Scotsman, Sea Devil: 110

Project history: Development of Shark class. 5 submarines were built under "Emergency war Programme", 13 under 1940 Programme, 15 under 1941 Programme. In comparison with pre-war boats of "S" class, bulkheads were welded and fuel stowage at the expense of storage of part of fuel in specially arranged  ballast tanks was increased. Two last boats of the 1941 Programme had all-welded pressure hull, that raised an operational diving depth to 110m. Later fuel stowage of majority submarines was increased to 92t (85t on Scotsman and Sea Devil).

Majority of submarines had additional seventh TT out of a pressure hull. During or already after completion all ships have even more increased fuel stowage at the expense of improvement of ballast tanks construction by 40 or 25t.

Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, survived early submarines: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

1944 - 1945, Strongbow: - 1 - 533 TT (ext stern) (12 torpedoes totally)

1/1946, Safari: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 6 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

1/1946, Satyr, Sceptre: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 7 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

1/1946, Sea Dog, Sibyl, Sea Nymph, Sea Rover, Seraph, Shakespeare, Sirdar, Spiteful, Sportsman, Shalimar, Spark, Spirit, Statesman, Stoic, Storm, Strongbow, Stubborn, Surf: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 7 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

1/1946, Scythian, Scotsman, Sea Devil: 1 x 1 - 102/40 S Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 7 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

late 1940s, most submarines: - 1 x 1 - 76/45 or 1 x 1 - 102/40

Naval service: Ð222 was sunk by DCs of Italian destroyer Fortunale off Naples 12.12.1942. Splendid was sunk by DCs of German destroyer ZG3 Hermes off Corsica 21.4.1943. Sahib was sunk by DCs of Italian corvette Gabbiano off Sicily 24.4.1943. Saracen was sunk by DCs of Italian corvette Minerva in Mediterranean Sea 14.8.1943. Simoom was sunk 15.11.1943 by German submarine U565 in Mediterranean Sea. Stonehenge was lost 20.3.1944 for the unknown reason in Strait of Malacca (Indian Ocean). Syrtis was lost 28.3.1944 on a mine off Norway. Sickle was lost 14.6.1944 in Mediterranean (possibly on a mine). Stratagem was sunk 22.11.1944 by DCs of Japanese patrol ship in Strait of Malacca. Stubborn was sunk in 1946 as a target. Seraph in September 1944 was converted to high speed underwater target. Hull and casing were streamlined, new higher capacity batteries, up-rated motors and "T" class propellers were installed. Maximal speed was increased up to 12.5kts at periscope depth and 16.7kts surfaced. Later Sceptre, Satyr and Statesman were so converted. Seraph and Scotsman were used for trials after war. Safari foundered 8.1.1946 in unmanned condition being towed to breakers.

Storm 1944

Seraph 1948

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