HMS Supreme

S-class submarine

Displacement: 814 long tons (827 t)
Length: 66.14 m (217 ft)
Beam: 7.01 m (23 ft)
Speed: 14.8 knots (27.3 km/h, 17 mph)
Complement: 48
Main gun: 102 mm (4 in)

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Supreme20 May 1944 — July 1950470 days of the war

S-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Supreme
Builder: Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down: 15 February 1943
Launched: 24 February 1944
Commissioned: 20 May 1944
Fate: broken up July 1950 (1950)
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 Supreme was a S-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead laid her keel on 15 February 1943. She entered service on 20 May 1944, having been launched on 24 February 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 was in commission for 470 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1950.

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: 6 × bow 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Supreme on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.