| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Grays 4th July 1950 |
1944: Indian Ocean
1945: Indian Ocean
1945: Pacific
| 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. |
| 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. |
Sceptre (S 104) |
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| Class: | 1973 - 2010: Swiftsure Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | SSN 4 |
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Fate: Decommissioned. Last of the class to pay off. |
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When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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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. |
Sceptre (S 104) |
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| Class: | 1973 - 2010: Swiftsure Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | SSN 4 |
|
Fate: Decommissioned. Last of the class to pay off. |
|
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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