HMS Scotsman (P243)

HMS Scotsman (P243)
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Seraph class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy
Builder :	Scott's Shipbuild. ( Greenock )
Keel laying :	April 15, 1943
Launch :	August 18, 1944
Commissioning:	December 9, 1944
Whereabouts:	Scrapped in 1964
Technical data (see Seraph class )

HMS Scotsman (P243) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy in World War II .

history

The Scotsman ( English: Schotte ) was a boat of the third batch of the S-Class ; this lot is also known as the Seraph class .

The boat was laid on April 15, 1943 at Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in Greenock, West Scotland , was launched on August 18, 1944 and was put into service by the Royal Navy on December 9, 1944.

The Scotsman was scrapped in Troon in November 1964.

Web links

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

• HMS Scotsman on uboat.net ( engl. )
• British submarines during World War II (Engl.)

literature

• Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
• Robert Hutchinson: Fight under water - 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 December 9, 1944 for the Scotsman to be commissioned. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives October 27, 1944.
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 .