Medium Patrol Submarine
Type:
S Class
Third Group 1941 Programme.
Pennant No.:
P.239 - Renamed February 1943.
Laid Down:
2nd October 1941
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead.
Commissioned:
18th March 1943
Lt. D. Lambert DSC.
Commander:
1943 - 1944
Lt. D. Lambert DSC.
Dec. 1944 - May. 1945
Lt. H.W. Wilkinson.
May - Oct. 1945
T/Lt. T.D. Wood DSC RNVR.
Oct. 1945 - 1946
Lt. D.W. Mills DSC.
Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.
Additional Officer carried in the Far East.
Additional Officer carried in the Far East.
Service Career:
1943
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1943
1st Flotilla, HMS Medway II, Beirut.
1944
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Trincomalee.
Fate:
12th September 1944 departed Trincomalee for return journey to the UK for motor repairs and refit.
December 1944, Refitting at Sheerness.
Sold 28th October 1949.
December 1944, Refitting at Sheerness.
Sold 28th October 1949.