Sea Dog (P216)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S Group 3
Fate:	Scrapped Troon 24/12/47

Sea Dog (P216)

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31-12-1940 :	Laid Down
11-06-1942 :	Launched
24-09-1942 :	Completed
28-12-1943 :	HMS Sea Dog torpedoes and sinks the German transport ship Oldenburg about 2.5 nautical miles east-north-east of Honningsvåg, Selje, Norway.
27-02-1945 :	HMS Sea Dog rescued four US airmen from a raft in the Bay of Bengal
18-05-1945 :	HMS Seadog torpedoes and sinks a Japanese coaster north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
20-05-1945 :	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
24-07-1945 :	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
26-07-1945 :	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca.
27-07-1945 :	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
29-07-1945 :	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca.
05-08-1945 :	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges.
24-12-1947 :	Scrapped at Troon

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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 Dog (P216)

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