Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P232

HMS Stonehenge (P232)

S-class submarine

HMS Stonehenge (P232)
Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19381 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P232 British S class submarine HMSM STONEHENGE underway.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Stonehenge15 June 1943 — 25 February 1944255 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Stonehenge
Pennant / hull number
P232
Namesake
Stonehenge
Builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Ordered
3 August 1941
Laid down
4 April 1942
Launched
23 March 1943
Commissioned
15 June 1943
Fate
Missing after 25 February 1944 (1944)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
865 long tons (879 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 Stonehenge was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P232. She was named for Stonehenge. Cammell Laird, Birkenhead laid her keel on 4 April 1942. She entered service on 15 June 1943, having been launched on 23 March 1943.

111 ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 865 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 one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.

She was in commission for 255 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 in (76 mm) deck gun
  • 1 × 20 mm AA gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Stonehenge (P232) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19381 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons