HMS Statesman

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Statesman13 December 1943 — 3 January 1961629 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Statesman
Builder: Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down: 2 November 1942
Launched: 14 September 1943
Commissioned: 13 December 1943
Fate: Sold 3 January 1961 (1961)
Status: Unknown

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: 102 mm (4 in)

HMS Statesman was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead on 2 November 1942. Launched on 14 September 1943, she entered service on 13 December 1943.

111 ships of the class were built.

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 of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 629 days of the Second World War.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament: 6 × forward 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft
13 torpedoes
1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun (QF 4 in gun on later boats)
1 × 20 mm cannon
3 × .303-calibre machine guns

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Statesman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19349 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons