Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P248

HMS Sturdy (P248)

S-class submarine

HMS Sturdy (P248)
Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19437 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P248 British S class submarine HMSM STURDY underway.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Sturdy29 December 1943 — July 1957614 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Sturdy
Pennant / hull number
P248
Builder
Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down
22 December 1942
Launched
30 September 1943
Commissioned
29 December 1943
Fate
Sold July 1957, broken up 1958 (1957)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
842 long tons (856 t)
Displacement, submerged
990 long tons (1,006 t)
Length
66.14 m (217 ft)
Beam
7.01 m (23 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
Range
7,500 nmi (13,890 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

HMS Sturdy was a S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P248. Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead laid her keel on 22 December 1942. She entered service on 29 December 1943, having been launched on 30 September 1943.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 842 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 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 48. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.

She was in commission for 614 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1957.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 1900 bhp (diesel)
  • 1300 hp (electric)
Armament
  • 7 × 21 in torpedo tubes (6 bow, 1 stern)
  • 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Sturdy (P248) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19437 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons