HMS Spark

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Spark28 April 1944 — October 1950492 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Spark
Builder: Scotts, Greenock
Laid down: 10 October 1942
Launched: 28 December 1943
Commissioned: 28 April 1944
Fate: broken up October 1950 (1950)
Status: Scrapped

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 Spark was a S-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Scotts, Greenock on 10 October 1942. She entered service on 28 April 1944, having been launched on 28 December 1943.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

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 492 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in October 1950.

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: 7 × 21 in torpedo tubes (6 bow, 1 stern)
1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Spark on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Ralston W (of Glasgow) — This photograph FL 9634 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons