HMS Satyr (P214)

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HMS Satyr (P214) (ex P64)
sapphire
Royal Navy Marine nationale française (French Navy)
HMS Satyr on January 21, 1943
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Seraph class ( S class )
Navies :
Builder : Scott's Shipbuild. ( Greenock )
Keel laying : June 8, 1940
Launch : September 28, 1942
Commissioning:
  • February 8, 1943 (RN)
  • 1952 (F)
Whereabouts: Scrapped in 1962.
Technical data
(see Seraph class )

The HMS Satyr (P214) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

The submarine was used by the French Navy between 1952 and 1961 under the name Saphir .

history

see: History of the Seraph Class and Detailed History of the S Class

The Satyr (see Satyr ) was a third batch of the successful S-Class boat . This lot is also known as the Seraph class . She was laid down on June 8, 1940 at Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in Greenock, West Scotland , launched on September 28, 1942 and entered service by the Royal Navy on February 8, 1943.

The Royal Navy deployed the submarine under the command of Lt. TS Weston in the North Sea .

On February 5, 1944, the Satyr torpedoed the wreckage of the German transporter Emsland (5180 GRT ), which was unable to maneuver off Stadlandet (Norway ). The ship was badly damaged by British torpedo bombers on January 20th . Another air raid on the Emsland followed on February 11th.

HMS Satyr torpedierte and put on March 24, 1944 the Norwegian merchant ship Nordnorge (339 BRT) before Stadlandet at 62 ° 16 '  N , 5 ° 6'  O .

On June 15, 1944 sank Satyr west of Narvik at 62 ° 1 '  N , 5 ° 8'  W , the German submarine U 987 with torpedoes . 53 German sailors were killed.

On August 20, 1944, the British submarine attacked the German cargo ships Bochum (6121 GRT) and Emma Sauber (2548 GRT) with four torpedoes off the Norwegian coast. Two days later, a German convoy with six torpedoes was attacked off Egersund . All torpedoes missed their target.

After the combat missions, the Satyr was optimized for speed. The aim was to replicate the fast German Type XXI boats. The superstructure and armament were removed to make the boat lighter and more streamlined. The accumulators were replaced by more powerful and larger systems. Featuring a snorkel mock submarine served 1944-45 as a practice target for anti-submarine training the Royal Navy.

The HMS Satyr was taken over by the French Navy in February 1952 and was named Saphir . In August 1961, France returned the submarine to the United Kingdom.

The HMS Satyr ( Saphir ) was sold for scrapping on April 4, 1962 and demolished in June 1962.

See also

Web links

Commons : British S-Class Submarines  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
  • Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X
  • Anthony Preston: The history of the submarines , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen, German edition 1998, ISBN 3-86070-697-7

Explanations and references

  1. ↑ a b The uboat.net states February 8, 1943 for the commissioning of the satyr. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives September 28, 1942.
  2. ↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship .
  3. ↑ See Nordnorge at www.warsailors.com/homefleet. ( engl. )