HMS Sentinel (P256)
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 HMS Sentinel |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Sentinel |
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 15 November 1943 |
| Launched: | July 27, 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 1945 |
| Fate: | sold February 28, 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged |
| Length: | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 48 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun |
HMS Sentinel was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts of Greenock and launched on July 27, 1945.
Commissioned after the end of the Second World War, she had a relatively peaceful career, and was sold on February 28, 1962, being broken up at Gillingham.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Sentinel, Uboat.net
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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