HMS Selene (P254)
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 HMS Selene |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Selene |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1943 |
| Launched: | April 24, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 14 July 1944 |
| Fate: | sold for breaking 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 Selene 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 & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched on April 24, 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Selene.
She spent most of the Second World War serving in the Far East, where she sank five Japanese sailing vessels and three coasters, and damaged another sailing vessel and coaster.[1] She survived the war and was sold, arriving at Gateshead on June 6, 1961 for breaking up.
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Selene, 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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