| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Sold 28/10/49 scrapped Faslane |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Derrick George Kent |
1944: Mediterranean
1945: Pacific
Spark along with Stygian was employed towing x-craft during July and August 1945 from Brunei to Singapore approaches to attack the cruisers Takao and Myoko.
| 10-10-1942 | Laid Down |
| 28-12-1943 | Launched |
| 28-04-1944 | Completed |
| 21-10-1944 | HMS Spark arrives at Trincomalee to join the Eastern Fleet. |
| 20-11-1944 | HMS Spark sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. |
| 28-11-1944 | HMS Spark sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. |
| 01-02-1945 | HMS Spark sinks a Japanese coaster and a barge that this coaster is towing and a Japanese tug with gunfire in the western part of the Java Sea. Also another coaster is forced ashore on Panjang Island. |
| 08-02-1945 | HMS Spark was attacked by an enemy escort which dropped 16 depth charges. Spark was not damaged. |
| 29-03-1945 | HMS Spark sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Flores Sea. |
| 31-03-1945 | HMS Spark sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Flores Sea. |
| 28-10-1949 | Sold to be scrapped at Faslane |
| 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 | 5 Officers and 43 Ratings |
| 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: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee. The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944 | |
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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 | 5 Officers and 43 Ratings |
| 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: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee. The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944 | |
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