Supreme (P252)

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Supreme (P252)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Scrapped Troon 7/50

Supreme (P252)

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15-02-1943	Laid Down

20-05-1944	Completed

26-11-1944	HMS Supreme sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the Andaman Islands.

27-11-1944	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Andaman Islands.

29-11-1944	HMS Supreme sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the Andaman Islands.

01-12-1944	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Andaman Islands.

24-02-1945	Launched

01-03-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

04-03-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

05-03-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

06-03-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

10-03-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

07-05-1945	HMS Supreme sinks two Japanese coasters and a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

01-07-1945	HMS Supreme attacks with gunfire what is thought to be a Japanese auxiliary patrol vessel in the Gulf of Siam.

12-07-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

14-07-1945	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

15-07-1945	HMS Supreme sinks three Japanese coasters with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

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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.

Class:	1935 - 1970: T Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T 3
Fate:
She was deemed a constructive loss in May 1945 she was scrapped one year later at Troon.

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