HMS Simoom (P225)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Simoom.
HMS Simoom was a third-batch S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 14 July 1941 and launched on 12 October 1942.
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Name | Simoom |
Ordered | 2 September 1940 |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 14 July 1941 |
Launched | 12 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 December 1942 |
Fate | Sunk, 4–19 November 1943 |
General characteristics | |
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 | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) |
Test depth | 300 ft (91.4 m) (submerged) |
Complement | 48 |
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After an initial patrol off Norway, Simoom sailed to Gibraltar, then to Algiers, French North Africa. From there, she conducted four patrols and attacked several ships, but only sank an Italian destroyer. Simoom then visited several ports in the eastern Mediterranean, then departed Port Said for a patrol off Turkey. She did not return from this patrol, and it is considered most likely that she hit a mine and sank. Her wreck was discovered in 2016 off Tenedos, Turkey.