Royal Navy — Submarine
P262
HMS Solent (P262)
Service
- as HMS Solent7 September 1944 — 1961360 days of the war
S-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Solent
- Pennant / hull number
- P262
- Builder
- Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
- Laid down
- 7 May 1943
- Launched
- 8 June 1944
- Commissioned
- 7 September 1944
- Fate
- Broken up, 1961 (1961)
- 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 Solent was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P262. Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead laid her keel on 7 May 1943. Launched on 8 June 1944, she entered service on 7 September 1944.
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 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 360 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1961.
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
- 6 × bow 21 in torpedo tubes
- 1 × 4-inch (102 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 Solent (P262) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3622 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons