HMS Seneschal (P255)

HMS Seneschal (P255)
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Subtle class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy (RN)
Builder :	Scott's Shipbuild. ( Greenock )
Keel laying :	September 1, 1943
Launch :	April 23, 1945
Commissioning:	September 6, 1945
Whereabouts:	Scrapped in 1960.
Technical specifications (see Subtle class )

HMS Seneschal (P255) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy .

history

The Seneschal (see Seneschal ) was a boat of the fourth batch of the British S-Class ; this construction lot is also known as the subtle class .

It was launched on September 1, 1943 at Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in Greenock , West Scotland, launched on April 23, 1945 and was commissioned by the Royal Navy on September 6, 1945.

The Seneschal was damaged in an explosion on June 4, 1947. Another accident occurred on June 14, 1952, when the boat collided with the Danish frigate Thetis south of the Isle of Wight . The periscope and radar mast were damaged in the collision .

The Seneschal was scrapped in Dunston in August 1960 .

Web links

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

• HMS Seneschal 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 that the Seneschal was commissioned on September 6, 1945. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives July 31, 1945.
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 .