Spearhead Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
S Class

Third Group 1942 Programme.

Pennant No.:
P.263

Laid Down:
18th August 1943
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead.

Commissioned:
21st December 1944
Lt. Cdr. R.E. Youngman DSC, RNR.

Commander:
Oct. 1944 - Oct. 1945
Lt. Cdr. R.E. Youngman DSC, RNR.

Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.
Additional Officer carried in the Far East.

Service Career:
1944
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1945
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Subic Bay.
1945
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Hong Kong.
1945
Reserve.

Fate:
Completed Two 'War Patrols'.
Departed Hong Kong October 1945 for the UK.

Towed XE4 on the operation to cut the Saigon to Hong Kong and Singapore communications cables.

Spearhead was acquired by Portugal in August of 1948 and renamed Neptuno where she served until 1967.