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Spirit (P 245)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Scrapped Grays 4th July 1950
Spirit (P 245)
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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