Royal Navy — Submarine
P243
HMS Scotsman (P243)
Service
- as Scotsman9 December 1944 — 1964267 days of the war
S-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Scotsman
- Pennant / hull number
- P243
- Builder
- Scotts, Greenock
- Ordered
- 20 December 1941
- Laid down
- 15 April 1943
- Launched
- 18 August 1944
- Commissioned
- 9 December 1944
- Fate
- expended in trials 1964; salved and broken up, November 1964 (1964)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 814 long tons (827 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
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Scotsman was a S-class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P243. Her keel was laid at Scotts, Greenock on 15 April 1943. Launched on 18 August 1944, she entered service on 9 December 1944.
111 ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 814 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 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.
She was in commission for 267 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1964.
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
- 6 × bow 21 in torpedo tubes
- 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun
- 1 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA gun
Sister ships
- HMS P222
- HMS P551
- HMS Sabre (H18)
- HMS Safari
- HMS Saga
- HMS Sahib
- HMS Saladin
- HMS Salmon (N65)
- HMS Saracen (P247)
- HMS Sardonyx
- HMS Satyr (P214)
- HMS Saumarez (G12)
- HMS Sceptre (P215)
- HMS Scorcher
- HMS Scorpion (G72)
- HMS Scourge (G01)
- HMS Scout (1918)
- HMS Scythian
- HMS Sea Devil
- HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
- HMS Sea Rover
- HMS Sea Scout
- HMS Seadog
- HMS Seahorse (98S)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Scotsman (P243) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3533 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons