HMS Solent (P262)
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 HMS Solent |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Solent |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 7 May 1943 |
| Launched: | June 8, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 7 September 1944 |
| Fate: | broken up 1961 |
| 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 Solent was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on June 8, 1944.
She spent most of her career in the Pacific Far East, often in company with her sister, HMS Sleuth. Together they sank fifteen Japanese sailing vessels and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 3. Solent then went on to sink a Japanese patrol vessel and a Japanese landing craft, whilst damaging another.[1]
The Solent survived the Second World War, and was sold off, arriving at Troon on August 28, 1961 for breaking up.
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Solent, 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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