HMS Sea Devil (P244)

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HMS Sea Devil
Career Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Sea Devil
Builder: Scotts, Greenock
Laid down: May 5, 1943
Launched: January 30, 1945
Commissioned: May 12, 1945
Fate: broken up, 1966
General characteristics
Displacement: 670 tons surfaced
960 tons submerged
Length: 208 ft 9 in (63.6 m)
Beam: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught: 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion: Twin diesel/electric
Speed: 13.75 knots surfaced
10 knots submerged
Complement: 39 officers and men
Armament: 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes
12 torpedoes
one three-inch gun
one .303-calibre machine gun

HMS Sea Devil was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched January 30, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sea Devil.

She did not see much action as she only came into service as the Second World War was drawing to a close.[1] She had a long life though, and by the time she was sold for breaking up, she was the last of the S-class in service with the Royal Navy , though other S-classes remained in service with other navies.

She arrived at Newhaven in February 1966 for breaking up.

[edit] References

  1. ^ HMS Sea Devil, Uboot.net
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