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Solent (P 262)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Scrapped Troon 10/61
Solent (P 262)
Solent (P 262)
Solent (P 262)
Solent (P 262)

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Commanders
1944: Lieutenant   John Dennis Martin DSC
1948: Lieutenant   Allan Gordon Tait DSC MID
1950: Lieutenant   Paul Murray-Jones MID

1945: Pacific

Solent was one of several boats which were modified after the war and converted into high speed target submarines for training anti-submarine forces. The hull and casing were streamlined and the gun removed, in addition to this higher capacity batteries were fitted and the motors up-rated.

Events

 07-05-1943   Laid Down
 08-06-1944   Launched
 07-09-1944   Completed
 28-06-1945   HMS Solent sinks a Japanese landing craft and damages another with gunfire to the north of Banka Strait.
 15-08-1945   HMS Solent sinks a Japanese patrol vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
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