Shakespeare (P221)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | S Group 3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Briton Ferry 7/46 |
Events
| 13-11-1940 : | Laid Down |
| 10-07-1942 : | Completed |
| 08-12-1942 : | Launched |
| 13-05-1943 : | HMS Shakespeare sinks the Italian sailing vessels Sant' Anna M. and Adelina with gunfire off the north-east coast of Sardinia. |
| 06-08-1943 : | While on patrol north-west of Ustica, HMS Shakespeare fires three torpedoes at what is identified as an Italian light cruiser. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 07-09-1943 : | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. |
| 26-10-1943 : | HMS Shakespeare sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Konstantinos 23 nautical miles north-east of Andros, Greece. |
| 03-11-1943 : | HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece. |
| 03-12-1943 : | HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece. |
| 31-12-1944 : | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Unryu Maru east of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. |
| 03-01-1945 : | HMS Shakespeare and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 1 engage each other with gunfire off the Nancowry Strait, Nicobar Islands. Both ships are damaged in the engagement. |
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