Surf Crest
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.

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.