Spiteful Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
S Class

Third Group 1940 Programme.

Pennant No.:
P.227 - Renamed January 1943.
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.