HMS Sleuth (P261)
HMS Sleuth (P261) |
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General data | ||
Ship type : | Submarine | |
Ship class : | Subtle class ( S class ) | |
Navy : | Royal Navy (RN) | |
Builder : | Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead ) | |
Keel laying : | June 30, 1943 | |
Launch : | July 6, 1944 | |
Commissioning: | October 8, 1944 | |
Whereabouts: | Scrapped in 1958. | |
Technical specifications
(see Subtle class ) |
HMS Sleuth (P261) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy in World War II and after.
history
The Sleuth ( English : detective , synonym for bloodhound ) was a boat of the fourth batch of the British S-Class . This lot is also known as the Subtle class . The boat was launched on June 30, 1943 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead , northwest England, was launched on July 6, 1944 and was commissioned by the Royal Navy on October 8, 1944.
On 26 April 1945 sank Sleuth (Commander: Lt. KH Martin), together with its sister boat HMS Solent (commander: Lt. JD Martin) before Kalambau in the Java Sea at 4 ° 50 ' S , 115 ° 40' O the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 3 (215 ts ) with their deck guns . Between August 5 and 15, 1945, the two boats together sank 15 Japanese sailing ships in the Gulf of Thailand .
After the war, the Sleuth remained in active service in the Royal Navy. On June 13, 1952, she collided with the destroyer HMS Zephyr in the port of Portland .
After the Sleuth was sold for scrapping, it reached Charlestown on September 15, 1958 , where it was subsequently demolished.
Web links
literature
- Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II. (Technology - Classes - Types. A Comprehensive Encyclopedia). 5th edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 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
Footnotes
- ↑ a b The uboat.net states October 8, 1944 for the Sleuth to be commissioned. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives September 2, 1944.
- ↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship .