Royal Navy — Submarine
HMS Scythian
Service
- as Scythian11 August 1944 — August 1960387 days of the war
S-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Scythian
- Builder
- Scotts, Greenock
- Laid down
- 21 February 1943
- Launched
- 14 April 1944
- Commissioned
- 11 August 1944
- Fate
- Broken up, August 1960 (1960)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 865 long tons (879 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 Scythian was a S-class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Scotts, Greenock on 21 February 1943. She entered service on 11 August 1944, having been launched on 14 April 1944.
She was one of 111 ships of her class.
The boat displaced 865 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 387 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in August 1960.
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 Scotsman (P243)
- HMS Scourge (G01)
- HMS Scout (1918)
- HMS Sea Devil
- HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
- HMS Sea Rover
- HMS Sea Scout
- HMS Seadog
- HMS Seahorse (98S)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Scythian on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: W Ralston, Glasgow — This photograph FL 18839 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons