HMS Sea Devil (P244)
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 HMS Sea Devil |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Sea Devil |
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | May 5, 1943 |
| Launched: | January 30, 1945 |
| Commissioned: | May 12, 1945 |
| Fate: | broken up, 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 670 tons surfaced 960 tons submerged |
| Length: | 208 ft 9 in (63.6 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin diesel/electric |
| Speed: | 13.75 knots surfaced 10 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 39 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes 12 torpedoes one three-inch gun one .303-calibre machine gun |
HMS Sea Devil was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched January 30, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sea Devil.
She did not see much action as she only came into service as the Second World War was drawing to a close.[1] She had a long life though, and by the time she was sold for breaking up, she was the last of the S-class in service with the Royal Navy , though other S-classes remained in service with other navies.
She arrived at Newhaven in February 1966 for breaking up.
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Sea Devil, Uboot.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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