Spirit (P 245)

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Spirit (P 245)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Scrapped Grays 4th July 1950

Spirit (P 245)

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Commanders

1944:	Lieutenant	Anthony Arthur Catlow
1945:	Lieutenant	Richard Thomas Sallis	DSC

1944: Indian Ocean
1945: Indian Ocean
1945: Pacific

Events

27-10-1942	Laid Down

20-07-1943	Launched

25-10-1943	Completed

09-07-1944	HMS Spirit claims to have damaged a small Japanese oiler with gunfire to the north of Sumatra.

14-09-1944	HMS Spirit sinks three Siamese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.

19-09-1944	HMS Spirit sinks a Siamese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra.

22-01-1945	HMS Spirit sinks the Japanese Ryushin Maru with gunfire in the Java Sea. She also sinks another enemy vessel.

14-03-1945	HMS Spirit sinks the Japanese coaster Ryuho Maru with gunfire off Massalambo Island in the Java Sea.

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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.

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