Sea Rover (P 218)
Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
Build Group: | S3 |
Fate: | Scrapped Faslane 10/49 |
Ex P68
Completed by Vickers. Barrow
1943-1944: Indian Ocean.
1945: Pacific
Events
14-01-1941 | Laid Down |
18-02-1943 | Launched |
07-07-1943 | Completed |
03-03-1944 | HMS Sea Rover sinks the Japanese Matsu Maru No.1 with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
06-03-1944 | HMS Sea Rover sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
08-03-1944 | HMS Sea Rover torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Shobu Maru in the Strait of Malacca. |
22-04-1944 | HMS Sea Rover sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra. |
22-05-1944 | HMS Sea Rover torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Koshu Maru off the southern entrance to Penang harbor. |
27-06-1944 | HMS Sea Rover sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Penang. |
05-07-1944 | HMS Sea Rover sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges off Penang. |
04-10-1944 | HMS Sea Rover damages two small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Flores Sea. |
07-12-1944 | HMS Sea Rover sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
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