HMS Scythian (P237)

HMS Scythian (P237)

General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Seraph class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy
Builder :	Scott's Shipbuild. ( Greenock )
Keel laying :	February 21, 1943
Launch :	April 14, 1944
Commissioning:	August 11, 1944
Whereabouts:	Scrapped in 1960
Technical data (see Seraph class )

The HMS Scythian (P237) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

history

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

The Scythian ( ger .: Scythian ) was a boat of the third construction lot of the successful S-Class . This lot is also known as the Seraph class . She was laid down on February 21, 1943 at Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in Greenock, West Scotland , launched on April 14, 1944 and entered service by the Royal Navy on August 11, 1944.

The submarine was used in the Pacific War in 1945 under the command of LtCdr CP Thode .

On March 8 and 14, the Scythian sank three Japanese sailing ships with the deck gun off the Mergui Archipelago ( Burma ) . On March 15, two sailing ships followed at the same place. On May 5 and 19, two other small Japanese transporters were sunk in Malakka Street .

After the war, the HMS Scythian remained in active service with the Royal Navy. The submarine was sold for scrapping on August 8, 1960.

Web links

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

HMS Scythian 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: 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

↑ ^a ^b The uboat.net states August 11, 1944 for the commissioning of the Scythian. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives July 11, 1944.

[Indienststellung_der_Scythian-1] The uboat.net states August 11, 1944 for the commissioning of the Scythian. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives July 11, 1944.