HMS Sidon (P259)

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Sidon23 November 1944 — 16 June 1955283 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Sidon
Pennant / hull number: P259
Builder: Cammell Laird Shipyard - Birkenhead
Laid down: 7 July 1943
Launched: 4 September 1944
Commissioned: 23 November 1944
Fate: Wrecked by own torpedo explosion 16 June 1955
Refloated, sunk for target practice 14 June 1957
By torpedo (1955)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 872 long tons (886 t)
Displacement, submerged: 990 long tons (1,006 t)
Length: 66.14 m (217 ft)
Beam: 7.01 m (23 ft)
Draught: 3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed: 14.8 knots (27.3 km/h, 17 mph)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

HMS Sidon was a S-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P259. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird Shipyard - Birkenhead on 7 July 1943. Launched on 4 September 1944, she entered service on 23 November 1944.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 872 long tons surfaced and 990 long tons submerged. She measured 66.1 m (217 ft) long with a beam of 7.0 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 14.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 283 days of the Second World War.

She was wrecked on 16 June 1955 by torpedo, at 50°33′N 2°38′W.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament: 6 × forward 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft
13 torpedoes
1 × 3 in gun
1 × 20 mm cannon
3 × .303-calibre machine gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Sidon (P259) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3632 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons