Sirdar (P 226)
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
Commanders
| 1943: | Lieutenant | John Anthony Spender | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Aston Dalzell Piper (RNR) | DSO DSC |
Completed by Vickers Barrow
1944-1945: Indian Ocean.
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 06-05-1944 | |||||
| Gaffney, Oliver P/JX 291388 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 06-05-1944 | Aged: 23 | |||
| from Willington, County Durham | |||||
| Submarine HMS Sirdar was on passage to Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and was on a stopover at Aden. Oliver Gaffney died in the RAF Hospital at Aden from a fractured vertebra/spinal cord injury, the result of a diving accident. The son of James William and Mary Ellen Gaffney of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. |
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Events
| 24-04-1941 | Laid Down |
| 26-03-1943 | Launched |
| 20-09-1943 | Completed |
| 08-06-1944 | HMS Sirdar sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 11-06-1944 | HMS Sirdar damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra. |
| 18-07-1944 | HMS Sirdar sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. |
| 21-07-1944 | HMS Sirdar sinks two Japanese coasters with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. |
| 01-09-1944 | HMS Sirdar sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire north-west of Sumatra. |
| 01-09-1944 | HMS Sirdar sinks the Japanese guardboat Kaiyo Maru No.5 with gunfire about 17 nautical miles south-east of Meulaboh, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 25-12-1944 | HMS Sirdar sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 01-02-1953 | Sirdar was swamped by floods while in dry dock at the naval dockyard at Sheerness, Kent, and later sank. |
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