Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P251

HMS Subtle (P251)

S-class submarine

HMS Subtle (P251)
Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19459 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P251 British S class submarine HMSM SUBTLE underway, coastal waters

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Subtle16 April 1944 — July 1959504 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Subtle
Pennant / hull number
P251
Builder
Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down
1 February 1943
Launched
27 January 1944
Commissioned
16 April 1944
Fate
broken up in July 1959 (1959)
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
76 mm (3 in)

HMS Subtle was a S-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P251. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead on 1 February 1943. Launched on 27 January 1944, she entered service on 16 April 1944.

111 ships of the class were built.

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 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.

She was in commission for 504 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1959.

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 Subtle (P251) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19459 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons