Scorcher (P258)

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Scorcher (P258)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Scrapped Charlestown 14/9/62

Scorcher (P258)

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Launched by Thomas Beacham, a Foreman Driller employed by Cammel Laird. Hull retained for experimental purposes 1961.

Events

14-12-1943	Laid Down

18-12-1944	Launched

16-03-1945	Completed

04-02-1956	Damaged in a collision.

22-11-1956	Suffered a fire during exercises.

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Length overall	217 ft
Beam	23 ft 6 inch
Depth	11 ft
Diving Depth	350 ft
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 x 21 inch bow tubes
	1 21 inch stern tube
	(13 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 3 inch gun
	3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
	1 x 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 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.

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Scorcher (P258)

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Class:	1935 - 1970: T Class
Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	T 2
Fate:
Scuttled in position 39º11' North 17º47' East in the Gulf of Taranto on 13th February, 1942 The boat was detected and there followed a seven-hour depth charge attack by the Italian Torpedo Boat Circe (Capitano di Corvetta Stephanino Palmas). Following an epic struggle the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas. The Italians botched the rescue, and of the crew of sixty-three there were twenty-four survivors (twenty-three out of sixty-two, according to the Coxswain). The remainder were lost