HMS Stoic

S-class submarine

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Stoic29 June 1943 — July 1950797 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Stoic
Builder: Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down: 18 June 1942
Launched: 9 April 1943
Commissioned: 29 June 1943
Fate: Sold July 1950 (1950)
Status: Unknown

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 Stoic was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead on 18 June 1942. She entered service on 29 June 1943, having been launched on 9 April 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 797 days of the Second World War.

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 Stoic on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 5819 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons