Sea Scout (P253)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S Group 3
Fate:	Scrapped Briton Ferry 2/66

Sea Scout alogside HMS Worcester in 1959

HMS Sea Scout first commissioned 1944, here shown about 1961 with modern sonar and pennant number. A modernised group 3 S Class painted black with snort. This would likely be the appearance of the 8 S Class recorded as in service in 1958. The last Sea Devil went out of service in 1966

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01-04-1943 :	Laid Down
19-06-1944 :	Completed
29-12-1944 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks two Japanese vessels of the Nicobar Islands.
23-02-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
26-02-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
28-02-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
04-03-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese sampam with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
05-03-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
24-03-1945 :	Launched
25-04-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Sumbawa Island, Netherlands East Indies.
01-07-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese tug, five barges and a coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
07-07-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
09-07-1945 :	HMS Sea Scout sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

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The photo on the left shows Sea Scout alongside the training ship
HMS Worcester in 1959. I was a cadet on board her at the time and there was great excitement when Sea Scout arrived, commanded by an Old Boy of the ship. later as an RNR / P&O deck officer, I volunteered for submarines and served in Otus and valiant. (COs: Barry Carr / Geoffrey Biggs and Dick Husk ).
Nick Messinger Fri, 7 Oct 2016

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Length overall	217'
Beam	23' 6"
Depth	11'
Diving Depth	350'
Speed	Surface 15 knots (design)
	Surface 14.75 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Endurance	Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design)
Armament (i)	6 21" bow tubes
	1 21" stern tube
	(13 torpedoes carried)
	1 3" gun
	3 0.303" machine-guns
	1 20mm Oerlikon cannon
Complement	48
Note	The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3" guns replaced by 4" guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.

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Sea Scout (P253)

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