Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P241

HMS Syrtis

S-class submarine

HMS Syrtis
Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19599 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P241 British S class submarine HMS Syrtis underway.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Syrtis23 April 1943 — March 1944340 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Syrtis
Pennant / hull number
P241
Namesake
Syrtis Major Planum
Builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Ordered
25 January 1941
Laid down
14 October 1941
Launched
4 February 1943
Commissioned
23 April 1943
Fate
Sunk, March 1944 (1944)
Status
Wreck

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 Syrtis was a S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P241. She was named for Syrtis Major Planum. Cammell Laird, Birkenhead laid her keel on 14 October 1941. She entered service on 23 April 1943, having been launched on 4 February 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 340 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk in March 1944, at 66°45′N 13°11′E. The wreck survives.

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 Syrtis on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19599 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons