HMS Subtle (P251)

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HMS Subtle (P251)
Royal Navy
HMS Subtle (P251) on April 10, 1944
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Subtle class ( S class )
Navy : Royal Navy (RN)
Builder : Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying : February 1, 1943
Launch : January 27, 1944
Commissioning: April 16, 1944
Whereabouts: Scrapped in 1959.
Technical specifications

(see Subtle class )

The HMS Subtle (P251) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy in World War II and after.

history

The Subtle ( English : subtle , astute ) was a boat of the fourth batch of the British S-Class . This lot is also known as the Subtle class .

The submarine was launched on February 1, 1943 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead , northwest England, was launched on January 27, 1944 and was put into service by the Royal Navy on April 16, 1944. Although the submarine was part of the fourth construction lot, it carried an additional external stern torpedo tube , as is customary with the boats of the third construction lot .

The Royal Navy deployed the submarine under the command of Lt. BJB Andrew in the Pacific War .

On December 12, 1944, the Subtle sank three Japanese sailing ships with the deck gun in Malakka Street .

On February 7, 1945, she sank east of the Nicobar Islands at 7 ° 28 '  N , 94 ° 56'  O a Japanese coaster .

On March 14 and 21, 1945, a total of three Japanese sailing ships with the on-board guns were sunk in Malakka Street.

On May 9, 1945, the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro and the destroyer Kamikaze left Singapore to supply troops in the Andaman Islands . On May 10, the association was cleared up by HMS Subtle and HMS Statesman . As a result of the early discovery, the Royal Navy briefly set up a task force of two battleships , a heavy cruiser, two light cruisers , four escort carriers and eight destroyers in Trincomalee ( Ceylon ) . The Haguro was sunk on May 16 by the vastly superior forces. The kamikaze was able to pull away.

The HMS Subtle was sold for scrapping in June 1958 and scrapped in Charlestown-on-Forth in July 1959 .

Web links

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

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 April 16, 1944 for the Subtle to be commissioned. Hutchinson (see literature ) gives March 11, 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 .
  3. ↑ See http://www.combinedfleet.com/ ( engl. )
  4. ↑ See http://www.combinedfleet.com/ (engl.)