Royal Navy — Submarine
HMS Shalimar
Service
- as HMS Shalimar22 April 1944 — July 1950498 days of the war
S-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Shalimar
- Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered
- 3 August 1941
- Laid down
- 17 April 1942
- Launched
- 22 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 22 April 1944
- Fate
- Sold for breaking up July 1950 (1950)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 842 long tons (856 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
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Shalimar was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Chatham Dockyard laid her keel on 17 April 1942. She entered service on 22 April 1944, having been launched on 22 April 1943.
111 ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 842 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 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.
She was in commission for 498 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
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 1900 bhp (diesel)
- 1300 hp (electric)
- Armament
- 7 × 21 in torpedo tubes (6 bow, 1 stern)
- 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck 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 Scythian
- HMS Sea Devil
- HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
- HMS Sea Rover
- HMS Sea Scout
- HMS Seadog
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Shalimar on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3103 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons