Solent (P262)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S Group 3
Fate:	Scrapped Troon 10/61

Solent (P262)

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07-05-1943 :	Laid Down
08-06-1944 :	Launched
07-09-1944 :	Completed
28-06-1945 :	HMS Solent sinks a Japanese landing craft and damages another with gunfire to the north of Banka Strait.
15-08-1945 :	HMS Solent sinks a Japanese patrol vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

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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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Solent (P262)

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