Scorcher (P 258)

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Scorcher (P 258)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Scrapped Charlestown 14th September 1962.

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Commanders

1945:	Lieutenant	Kenneth Steele Renshaw (RNR)	DSC MID
1947:	Lieutenant	Stephen Jenner
1950:	Lieutenant	Geoffrey Bourne	MID

1945: Indian Ocean.

Launched by Thomas Beacham, a Foreman Driller employed by Cammel Laird. Hull retained for experimental purposes 1961.

Events

14-12-1943	Laid Down

18-12-1944	Launched

16-03-1945	Completed

04-02-1956	Damaged in a collision.

22-11-1956	Suffered a fire during exercises.

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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:	1941 - 1958: V Class
Built By:	Vickers (Tyne)
Build Group:	V2
Fate:
Scrapped in September 1958 at Troon.

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