HMS Spur
Service
- as HMS Spur18 February 1945 — November 1948196 days of the war
- as NRP NarvalNovember 1948 — 1 October 1969
- Name
- HMS Spur
- Builder
- Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
- Laid down
- 1 October 1943
- Launched
- 17 November 1944
- Commissioned
- 18 February 1945
- Fate
- Broken up 1 October 1969 (1969)
- 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 Spur was a S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead laid her keel on 1 October 1943. She entered service on 18 February 1945, having been launched on 17 November 1944.
Her class ran to 111 ships.
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 served with the Royal Navy as HMS Spur until November 1948. She then passed to the Portuguese Navy, serving as NRP Narval from November 1948. She was in commission for 196 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 1 October 1969.
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 Spur on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19279 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons