HMS Spearhead (P263)

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HMS Spearhead (P263)
Neptuno
Royal Navy Armada Portuguesa (Portuguese Navy)
HMS Spearhead on December 15, 1944
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Subtle class ( S class )
Navy :
Builder : Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying : August 18, 1943
Launch : October 2, 1944
Commissioning:
  • December 21, 1944 (RN)
  • August 1948 (PT)
Whereabouts: Scrapped in Portugal in 1967
Technical specifications

(see Subtle class )

The HMS Spearhead (P263) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

The Spearhead ( Engl. Spearhead ) was a boat of the fourth construction lot of the successful S-Class . This lot is also known as the Subtle class . She was laid down on August 18, 1943 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, northwest England , launched on October 2, 1944 and was commissioned by the Royal Navy on December 21, 1944.

In August 1948, the submarine was sold to Portugal and served in the Portuguese Navy under the name Neptuno until the second half of the 1960s . In 1967 it was scrapped in Portugal.

Web links

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

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

Explanations and references

  1. ↑ a b The uboat.net states that the Spearhead was put into service as December 21, 1944. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives November 21, 1944.
  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 .