HMS Stygian (P249)
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| Career |  |
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| Builder: | Cammmell Laird Shipyard - Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | January 06, 1943 |
| Launched: | November 30, 1943 |
| Commissioned: | February 29, 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | October 29, 1949 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surface 814-872 tons, Dived 990 tons |
| Length: | 217 ft |
| Diameter: | 23 ft 6 in |
| Draught: | 11 ft |
| Speed: | 14.75 knots (27.3 km/h) surfaced, 8 knots dived |
| Complement: | 48 officers and crew |
| Armament: | 7 X 21" torpedo tubes - 6 forward & 1 aft, 13 torpedoes, 1 X 3-in deck gun (4-in in later boats), 1 x 20mm A.A., 3 x .303-in machine guns |
HMS Stygian (pennant number P249) was a S-class submarine of the British Royal Navy. The ship is listed as being a member of the fourth group, although she had the external stern torpedo tube fitted as in the third group. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 28 October 1949.
- 6 Sep, 1944 HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, RN) sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Burma (now Myanmar).
- 17 Oct, 1944 HMS Stygian sank three small Japanese vessels with gunfire off Penang.
- 19 Oct, 1944 HMS Stygian sank a small Japanese vessel with gunfire off Penang.
- 28 Nov, 1944 HMS Stygian sank a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Sabang.
- 7 Dec, 1944 HMS Stygian sank a Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
- 16 Jan, 1945 HMS Stygian sank three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south of the Malacca Strait.
- 17 Jan, 1945 HMS Stygian sank the Japanese Nichinan Maru and a sailing vessel with gunfire off Perak in position 05.42N, 98.57E. (see map)
- 22 Jan, 1945 HMS Stygian sank three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south of the Malacca Strait.
- 24 Mar, 1945 HMS Stygian sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Bali, Dutch East Indies.
- 2 Apr, 1945 HMS Stygian sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Java Sea south of Kangean Island in position 07.02S, 115.32E.
- 10 Apr, 1945 HMS Stygian sank two Japanese coasters with gunfire in the Java Sea.
- 12 Apr, 1945 HMS Stygian sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire near Bali.
- Stygian also sank the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 104 (175 tons, former Dutch Djember) and damaged the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 104 off Bali in position 08.05S, 115.06E.
- Stygian acted as tow for midget submarine XE-3, when it successfully attacked the Japanese cruiser Takao in Singapore Harbour (Operation Struggle)
| S-class submarine |
| First Group |
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| Second Group |
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Sealion | Salmon | Shark | Snapper | Spearfish | Sterlet | Sea Devil | Sunfish | Seawolf |
| Third Group |
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Saracen | Satyr | Safari | Sanguine | Saga | Sahib | Sceptre | Scythian | Scotsman | Scorcher | Sea Scout | Seneschal | Sentinel | Selene | Sea Dog | Sea Nymph | Sea Rover | Seraph | Shakespeare | Shalimar | Sibyl | Sickle | Simoom | Surf | Stubborn | Sirdar | Sidon | Sleuth | Solent | Splendid | Spiteful | Sportsman | Spearhead | Spur | Springer | Spark | Spirit | Stoic | Storm | Stonehenge | Strongbow | Statesman | Sturdy | Stratagem | Stygian | Supreme | Subtle | Syrtis | |
| List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy |
