Safari Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
S Class

Third Group 1939 Programme.

Pennant No.:
P.211

Laid Down:
5th June 1940.
Laid down as P.61.
Renumbered July 1941.
Renamed January 1943.
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead.




Commissioned:
14th March 1942.
Cdr. B. Bryant DSO DSC.

Commander:
Oct. 1941 - Apr. 1943
Cdr. B. Bryant DSO DSC.
Apr. - Nov. 1943
Lt. R.B. Lakin DSO DSC.
???? - Mar. 1944
Lt. Cdr. D.A.B. Abdy.
Mar. 1944 - June 1945
Lt.Cdr. J.R.G. Harvey.

Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.

Service Career:
1942
5th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
1943
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Algiers.
1944
7th Flotilla, HMS Cyclops, Rothesay (Submarine Training).

Fate:
Safari was relatively successful whilst in the Mediterranean accounting for around 35,000 ton of shipping.

Sold 7th January 1946. Wrecked en-route to breakers 8th January 1946.