HMS Sea Scout

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Sea Scout19 June 1944 — 1965440 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Sea Scout
Builder: Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down: 1 April 1943
Launched: 24 March 1944
Commissioned: 19 June 1944
Fate: Broken up, 1965 (1965)
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: 14.8 knots (27.3 km/h, 17 mph)
Range: 7,500 nmi (13,890 km)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 102 mm (4 in)

HMS Sea Scout was a S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead on 1 April 1943. Launched on 24 March 1944, she entered service on 19 June 1944.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

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 14.8 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 440 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1965.

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 Scout on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 18888 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons