HMS Sentinel (P256)

HMS Sentinel (P256)
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Subtle class ( S class )
Navy :	Royal Navy (RN)
Builder :	Scott's Shipbuild. ( Greenock )
Keel laying :	November 15, 1943
Launch :	July 27, 1945
Commissioning:	December 28, 1945
Whereabouts:	Scrapped in 1962.
Technical specifications (see Subtle class )

HMS Sentinel (P256) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy .

history

The Sentinel ( English : Guardian ) 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 November 15, 1943 at Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in Greenock , West Scotland, launched on July 27, 1945, and entered service by the Royal Navy on December 28, 1945.

The Sentinel was sold for scrapping on February 28, 1962 and then demolished in Gillingham .

Web links

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

• HMS Sentinel 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 28, 1945 for the commissioning of the Sentinel. Hutchinson (see literature ) states November 28, 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 .