Scythian (P237)

Built By:	Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group:	S Group 3
Fate:	Scrapped Charlestown 8/8/60

Scythian (P237)

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21-02-1943 :	Laid Down
14-04-1944 :	Launched
11-08-1944 :	Completed
08-03-1945 :	HMS Scythian sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the Mergui Archipel, Burma.
14-03-1945 :	HMS Scythian sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the Mergui Archipel, Burma.
15-03-1945 :	HMS Scythian sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the Mergui Archipel, Burma.
05-05-1945 :	HMS Scythian sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
19-05-1945 :	HMS Scythian sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
08-08-1960 :	Scrapped at Charlestown

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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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Scythian (P237)

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