HMS Stratagem (P234)

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HMS Stratagem (P234)
Royal Navy
HMS Stratagem in September 1943
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Seraph class ( S class )
Navy : Royal Navy
Builder : Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying : April 15, 1942
Launch : June 21, 1943
Commissioning: October 9, 1943
Whereabouts: Abandoned on November 22, 1944 in Malakka Street.
Technical specifications

(see Seraph class )

HMS Stratagem (P234) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

history

The Stratagem ( ger .: stratagem ) was a boat of the third construction lot of the successful S-Class ; this lot is also known as the Seraph class . She was laid down on April 15, 1942 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, northwest England , launched on June 21, 1943 and was put into service by the Royal Navy on October 9, 1943.

The Royal Navy used the boat in the Pacific War . The commandant was Lt. Clifford Raymond Pelly.

The Stratagem attacked on August 7, 1944 in the Strait of Malacca near Penang , the German submarine U 181 unsuccessful with torpedoes on.

On November 10, 1944, the boat left its base in Trincomalee , Ceylon . The target area of ​​the patrol was the sea area off Malacca . In this application has been on November 19, in the Malay road at '1 ° 36  N , 102 ° 53'  O Japanese tanker Nichinan Maru (1945 BRT) sunk.

The Stratagem was discovered by Japanese aircraft on November 22, 1944 in Malakka Strait and then attacked by units of the Japanese Navy with depth charges. The crew had to give up their badly damaged boat. Only ten sailors survived the sinking and were captured. Only three of them returned home from Japanese captivity .

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

Web links

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

Explanations and references

  1. ↑ a b The uboat.net states October 9, 1943 for the commissioning of the Stratagem. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives August 14, 1943.
  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 .