| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Newhaven, Feb 1966 |
Sea Devil was the last boat of the class to be employed operationally.
Her late commissioning meant that she was still on passage to the Far East when the war ended and therefore did not see any action. In 1953, she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
In April 1954 Sea Devil deployed to the Mediterranean, and remained there for the rest of her active career. In 1955/56 Sea Devil was used around Malta for tests of the Yellow Duckling infrared linescan system for detecting the wake of submerged submarines.
The ship's brass nameplate is in the local cadet hall.
Roll of Honour |
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| Clayton, Roy |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| The son of Ernest Clayton and Minnie Clayton (nee Crowther). He attended the Haugh Shaw School and, after leaving school he worked as a motor driver for Messrs. J E Jowett & Sons. He joined the Royal Navy in 1943 as trained as an Able Seaman and as a Submariner. He married Eleanor Elizabeth Garrett in Surrey in 1944. In August 1945 he was serving in Submariner HMS Seadevil in Malta. He is eported to have been drowned in Marsamxett Harbour in Malta. Roy Clayton left a wife and a six week old daughter, Yvonne Ellen Clayton |
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| 05-05-1943 | Laid Down |
| 30-01-1945 | Launched |
| 12-05-1945 | Completed |
| 04-06-1962 | She returned to Portsmouth from the Mediterranean to be paid off for disposal. |
| 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. |
E 13 (I 93) |
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| Class: | 1911 - 1924: E Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | E2 |
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Fate: On 19th August 1915 Submarine E13 was attempting to make the passage through the Skaggerack and the Kattegat and into the Baltic Sea to join other British Submarines operating with the Russian Navy. The Submarine experienced a gyro compass failure and ran aground on the Danish Island of Saltholm. Despite the presence of Danish Warships in the area Submarine E13 was shelled into a wreck by German warships, which opened fire without warning. Fifteen of the crew were killed in the attack and the remainder swam to safety but were then interned by the Danes. She was eventually scrapped but parts of her machinery gave service for many years. Her motors were sold to the Aarhus Electric Works in 1929 and one was resold to a firm in Grenan where it remained in service until 1952. Sold August 1915 to Denmark. |
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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. |
E 13 (I 93) |
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| Class: | 1911 - 1924: E Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | E2 |
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Fate: On 19th August 1915 Submarine E13 was attempting to make the passage through the Skaggerack and the Kattegat and into the Baltic Sea to join other British Submarines operating with the Russian Navy. The Submarine experienced a gyro compass failure and ran aground on the Danish Island of Saltholm. Despite the presence of Danish Warships in the area Submarine E13 was shelled into a wreck by German warships, which opened fire without warning. Fifteen of the crew were killed in the attack and the remainder swam to safety but were then interned by the Danes. She was eventually scrapped but parts of her machinery gave service for many years. Her motors were sold to the Aarhus Electric Works in 1929 and one was resold to a firm in Grenan where it remained in service until 1952. Sold August 1915 to Denmark. |
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