Sea Devil Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
S Class

Third Group 1941 Programme.

Pennant No.:
ex P.244 - Renamed April 1943.

Laid Down:
5th May 1943.
Scotts, Greenock.

Commissioned:
12th May 1945.
Lt. D.W. Mills DSC.

Commander:
Dec. 1944 - Sept. 1945
Lt. D.W. Mills DSC.
Sept. 1945
Lt. P.D.C. Bennett.
May 1946
Lt. T.L. Martin.
Apr. 1951
Lt. J.R. Pardoe.
Aug. 1953
Lt. Cdr. E.L.M. Moss.
July 1954
Lt. Cdr. M.J. O'Connor.
May 1957
Lt. Cdr. J.A. Wiles.
June 1959
Lt. A.G.A. Pogson.
July 1961
Lt. R.G. Heaslip.

Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.

Service Career:
 1945
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1950 - 1951
2nd Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Portland
1953 - 1954
2nd Squadron, HMS Maidstone, Portland.
1955 - 1962
1st Squadron, Malta.

Fate:
Sea Devil was the last boat of the class to be employed operationally.
She returned to Portsmouth fom the Mediterranean on the 4th June 1962 to be paid off for disposal.

Scrapped 15th December 1965.