HMS Scotsman (P243)
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 HMS Scotsman |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Scotsman |
| Ordered: | 20 December 1941 |
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1943 |
| Launched: | August 18, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 9 December 1944 |
| Fate: | broken up November 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged |
| Length: | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 48 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun |
HMS Scotsman was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts, of Greenock and launched on August 18, 1944.
She survived the Second World War and was eventually sold. Scotsman arrived at Troon on November 19, 1964 for breaking up.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Scotsman, Uboat.net
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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