Shalimar Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
S Class

Third Group 1941 Programme.

Pennant No.:
ex P.242 - Renamed April 1943.

Laid Down:
17th April 1942.
H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.

Commissioned:
22nd April 1944.
Lt. Cdr. W.G. Meeke MBE DSC .

Commander:
Nov. 1943 - Oct. 1945
Lt. Cdr. W.G. Meeke MBE DSC.

Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.

Service Career:
1944
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1944
2nd Flotilla, HMS Wolfe, Trincomalee.
1945
2nd Flotilla, HMS Wolfe, Trincomalee.
1945
Colombo, refit.
1945
Left Trincomalee for UK September 1945.
1945
Reserve at Harwich.

Fate:
Completed Five 'War Patrols'.

Scrapped July 1950.