HMS Sea Nymph (P223)

HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Seraph class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy
Builder :	Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying :	May 6, 1941
Launch :	July 29, 1942
Commissioning:	November 3, 1942
Whereabouts:	Scrapped in 1948
Technical specifications (see Seraph class )

HMS Sea Nymph (P223) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

history

The Sea Nymph ( English : mermaid ) was a third batch of the successful S-Class boat . This lot is also known as the Seraph class . She was laid down on May 6, 1941 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, northwest England , launched on July 29, 1942 and was commissioned by the Royal Navy on November 3, 1942.

The Sea Nymph was under the command of Lt. JPH Oakley used in the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay . Despite several attacks, no combat success could be achieved:

• On July 13, 1943, the boat unsuccessfully attacked the German submarine U 592 in the Bay of Biscay with six torpedoes.

• On March 1, 1944, the Sea Nymph attacked the Norwegian transporter Jupiter (2471 BRT) off Bodø (Norway) with four torpedoes, without success .

• On March 3, 1944, the German freighter Levante (4769 GRT) was also unsuccessfully attacked with four torpedoes off Bodø .

The Sea Nymph was scrapped in Troon, Scotland , in June 1948 .

Web links

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

• HMS Sea Nymph 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

1. ↑ ^{a b} The uboat.net states November 3rd, 1942 for the commissioning of the Sea Nymph. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives July 29, 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 Jupiter at www.warsailors.com/homefleet. (engl.)