HMS Selene

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Selene14 July 1944 — 1961415 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Selene
Builder: Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down: 16 April 1943
Launched: 24 April 1944
Commissioned: 14 July 1944
Fate: Sold for breaking up 1961 (1961)
Status: Unknown

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 Selene was a S-class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead laid her keel on 16 April 1943. Launched on 24 April 1944, she entered service on 14 July 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 415 days of the Second World War.

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 Selene on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3452 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons