Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine

HMS Stoic

S-class submarine

HMS Stoic
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 Plate British S class submarine HMSM STOIC underway on completion at Liverpool .

Service

  1. 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

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