HMS Sea Devil

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Sea Devil12 May 1945 — 1966113 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Sea Devil
Builder: Scotts, Greenock
Laid down: 5 May 1943
Launched: 30 January 1945
Commissioned: 12 May 1945
Fate: Broken up in 1966 (1966)
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 Sea Devil was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Scotts, Greenock laid her keel on 5 May 1943. She entered service on 12 May 1945, having been launched on 30 January 1945.

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 113 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1966.

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

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

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Sea Devil on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Ralston W — This photograph FL 2256 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons