Medium Patrol Submarine
Type:
S Class
Third Group 1940 Programme.
Pennant No.:
P.227 - Renamed January 1943.
P.77 - Renumbered July 1941.
P.77 - Renumbered July 1941.
Laid Down:
19th September 1941.
Scott's, Greenock.
Commissioned:
20th September 1943
Lt. Cdr. F.H. Sherwood DSC RCNVR.
Commander:
July 1943 - Mar. 1945
Lt. Cdr. F.H. Sherwood DSC RCNVR.
Mar. 1945
Lt. N. Rutherford DSC.
Mar. 1946
Lt. Cdr. J.R.H. Bull DSC*.
Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.
Service Career:
1943
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1944
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Trincomalee.
1944 - 1945
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Fremantle.
1945
Refitting at Devonport.
1947 - 1948
3rd Flotilla, HMS Montclare, Rothesay.
1958 - 1959
5th Squadron, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
Fate:
Completed Seven 'War Patrols'.
Spiteful was loaned to the French Navy for anti-submarine training and renamed Sirene during the period 1952-1958.
Scrapped 15th July 1963.
Spiteful was loaned to the French Navy for anti-submarine training and renamed Sirene during the period 1952-1958.
Scrapped 15th July 1963.