Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P226

HMS Sirdar (P226)

S-class submarine

HMS Sirdar (P226)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3487 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P226 British S class submarine HMSM SIRDAR underway

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Sirdar20 September 1943 — 1965713 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Sirdar
Pennant / hull number
P226
Builder
Scotts, Greenock
Laid down
24 April 1941
Launched
26 March 1943
Commissioned
20 September 1943
Fate
broken up, 1965 (1965)
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
6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

HMS Sirdar was a S-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P226. Scotts, Greenock laid her keel on 24 April 1941. She entered service on 20 September 1943, having been launched on 26 March 1943.

Her class ran to 111 ships.

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 one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.

She was in commission for 713 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

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 in (76 mm) deck gun
  • 1 × 20 mm AA gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Sirdar (P226) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3487 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons