Medium Patrol Submarine
Type:
S Class
Third Group 1942 Programme.
Pennant No.:
ex P.256 - Renamed April 1943.
Laid Down:
15th November 1943.
Scotts, Greenock.
Commissioned:
28th December 1945.
Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut.
Commander:
Nov. 1945 - Apr. 1946
Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut.
Dec. 1946 - Nov. 1947
Lt. P. Murray-Jones.
Aug. 1950
Lt. Cdr. I.M. Stoop DSC.
June 1953
Lt. Cdr. R.C. Bucknall.
July 1954
Lt. Cdr. J.A.G. Evans.
Dec. 1959
Lt. R.N. Buckley.
Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.
Additional Officer carried in the Far East.
Additional Officer carried in the Far East.
Service Career:
1947 - 1948
2nd Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Portland.
1951 - 1957
1st Flotilla, HMS Wolfe, Malta.
1959 - 1960
2nd Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Portland.
Fate:
Sentinel was one of the few S boats to be completed too late to be employed in a war role.
Sold 28th February 1962.
Sold 28th February 1962.