Royal Navy — Submarine
HMS Spirit
Service
- as HMS Spirit25 October 1943 — 1950678 days of the war
S-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Spirit
- Builder
- Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
- Laid down
- 27 October 1942
- Launched
- 20 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 25 October 1943
- Fate
- broken up 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 Spirit was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead laid her keel on 27 October 1942. Launched on 20 July 1943, she entered service on 25 October 1943.
Her class ran to 111 ships.
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 678 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1950.
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 Spirit on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3682 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons