HMS Scotsman (P243)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scotsman.
HMS Scotsman was a third-batch S-class submarine of the third batch built for the Royal Navy during World War II. After training exercises in Britain during which she ran aground, requiring repairs, she was transferred to the Pacific fleet as the war with Germany had ended. The submarine sank one junk en route to her submarine unit, but arrived after the end of the Pacific war and World War II. She was scrapped in November 1964.
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Name | Scotsman |
Ordered | 20 December 1941 |
Builder | Scotts, Greenock |
Laid down | 15 April 1943 |
Launched | 18 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 9 December 1944 |
Fate | expended in trials 1964; salved and broken up, November 1964 |
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Class and type | S-class submarine |
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Length | 217 ft (66.1 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 9 in (7.2 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
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Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surface; 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged |
Test depth | 350 feet (106.7 m) |
Complement | 48 |
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