Statesman (P246)
Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
Build Group: | S Group 3 |
Fate: | Sold for scrapping in 1961. |
Events
02-11-1942 : | Laid Down |
14-09-1943 : | Launched |
13-12-1943 : | Completed |
22-08-1944 : | HMS Statesman torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Sugi Maru No.5 off Port Blair, Andaman Islands. |
06-10-1944 : | HMS Statesman sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. |
29-12-1944 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north-east of Sumatra. |
01-01-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks fous small Japanese vessels with gunfire north-east of Sumatra. |
06-02-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malakka Strait. |
17-02-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks the Japanese trawler Matsujima Maru No.3 and the Japanese coasters Nippon Maru No.19, Nanyo Maru No. 17 and Nippon Maru No.14 with gunfire in the Malakka Strait. |
20-02-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a small Japanese tanker with gunfire in the Malacca Strait. |
05-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks seven small Japanese landing craft with gunfire and demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca. |
06-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks three small Japanese landing craft and six sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
07-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
08-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
10-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
11-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks three Japanese barges with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
15-04-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
01-05-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a small Japanese vessel in the Strait of Malacca. |
05-05-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
09-05-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca. |
15-05-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
16-05-1945 : | HMS Statesman torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro. |
26-06-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
14-08-1945 : | HMS Statesman sinks 5 Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca. |
18-08-1945 : | HMS Statesman torpedoes and sinks a derelict wreck drifting in the Straits of Malacca, described as probably a coaster. |
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