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Scythian to Sentinel Page last Updated: 4-Jan-2008 Name Class Pennant Crew Built Builder Disposal Date Method Scythian S3 P237 c/s MKKF 48 01-Apr-44 Scotts, Greenock 01-Aug-60 Scrap Lt Cdr Con P. Thode RNZNVR (the only NZ officer to command WW2 submarines). Eastern Fleet. After trials and working up, the Scythian went out to Trincomalee, whence, between February 1945 and the end of the war, she carried out a number of patrols in the Strait of Malacca. Targets were scarce, but on her first three patrols the Scythian sank ten vessels by gunfire, for which service Thode was again Mentioned in Despatches. He had completed four years as a submariner when he paid off the Scythian in England in October 1945. Along with her sisters, Scorcher and Sirdar, Scythian took part in the search for the missing HMS Affray in 1951. Scythian appeared as the Seraph in the film "The Man Who Never Was", 1956 (Seraph herself was still in service at the time, but had undergone radical changes in appearance. As an extra touch of authenticity, Scythian was given Seraph's wartime pennant number, P219, though she didn't carry the deck gun for the film). Broken up at Charlestown, Fife. Pictured above at war and below in the 1950s, without gun. Sea Devil S2 P244 c/s GGVF 48 01-Jan-45 Scotts, Greenock   01-Dec-65 Scrap Lt. D.W. Mills, DSC, RN. She was the last of the S-class in service with the Royal Navy, though other S-class boats remained in service with other navies. Remained relatively unmodernised, apart from removal of gun. Pictured below during war, 1949 and in 1952. Scrapped Newhaven. Seadevil into the 1950s Sea Dog S3 P216, P66 48 01-Jun-42 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 01-Aug-48 Scrap Originally P66. Took part in convoy protection duties off North Cape, December 1942. Took part in the Crown Film Unit production of "Close Quarters" in 1943, appearing as the "Strongbow". 28 Dec, 1943 (Lt. C.R. Pelly, RN) torpedoed and sank the German transport ship Oldenburg (8537 GRT) about 2.5nm ENE of Honningsvåg, Selje, Norway, 62º13'N, 05º08'E. Carried out special operations with Combined Ops Pilotage Parties (COPPs) in the Far East, 44-45. 27 Feb 45, (Lt. E.A. Hobson, RN) rescued three US airmen from a raft in the Bay of Bengal. Shortly afterwards Seadog rescued another. Later Seadog rendezvoused with RAF Catalina to transfer these survivors. Details - external link. 18 May 45, torpedoed and sank a Japanese coaster north of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. 20 May 45, sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. 24 to 29 Jul 45, sank four Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and/or demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca. 2 Aug 45, while operating together, Seadog and HMS Shalimar (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sank a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca. 5 Aug 45, while operating together, Seadog and HMS Shalimar sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca. Also on the same day Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges. Broken up at Troon 1948. Seahorse S1 98S 36 15-Nov-32 HMDY Chatham 07-Jan-40 War Loss Completed in 1933 for service with 5th Flotilla, Portsmouth. 1934 6th Flotilla. 1936 1st Flotilla then 2nd Flotilla. 22 Sep 1938 damaged in collision with HMS Foxhound. Lt. D.S. Massey Dawson: 17 Sep 39, fired four torpedoes at, but missed, the German submarine U-36 in the North Sea, 56º42'N, 00º52'E. Sep 1939 attacked by German a/c in the North Sea and later by a RAF Anson. Nov 1939 6th Flotilla patrolling from Blyth. On 26-Dec-1939, sailed from Rosyth for patrol off the east coast of Denmark. Four days later moved to the entrance of the Elbe. She did not return on her due date of 9-Jan-1940. It was first thought that she had been mined but German records, examined after the war, suggest she was the victim of the German First Minesweeper Flotilla which reported a sustained depth charge attack on an unidentified submarine 7-Jan-1940. (54.19N, 7.30E). Additionally, it is also possible that Seahorse was rammed and sunk by the German Sperrbrecher IV/Oakland south east of Heligoland on 29 December 1939. 39 crew lost. Sea Nymph S3 P223 48 01-Jul-42 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 01-Jun-48 Scrap Lt Cdr J P H Oakley RN. 13 Jul 43, while on patrol in the Bay of Biscay in approximate position 45º51'N, 05º15'W, fired 6 torpedoes at the German submarine U-592 but missed. September 1943, towing submarine for X-8 on X-craft raid on Tirpitz, Kå Fjord, Norway. 1 Mar 44, fired four torpedoes at, but missed, the Norwegian merchant Jupiter (2471 GRT) near Bodø, Norway. 3 Mar 44, fired four torpedoes at, but missed, the German merchant Levante (4769 GRT) near Bodø, Norway. Broken up at Troon. Sea Rover S3 P218 48 01-Feb-43 Scotts, Greenock/VA Barrow 01-Oct-49 Scrap Originally P68. Completed by VA Barrow due to bombing at Scott's. 3 Mar 44, (Lt. J.P. Angell, RN) sank the Japanese Matsu Maru No.1 with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca in position 04º56'N, 100º17'E. 6 Mar 44, sank a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. 8 Mar 44, torpedoed and sank the Japanese transport Shobu Maru (2005 GRT) in the Strait of Malacca in position 03º38'N, 99º12'E. 22 Apr 44, sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra. 22 May 44, torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Koshu Maru (1365 GRT) off the southern entrance to Penang harbour in position 04º52'N, 100º18'E. 27 Jun 44, sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Penang. 5 Jul 44, sank two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges off Penang. 4 Oct 44, damaged two small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Flores Sea. 7 Dec 44, sank a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies. Collided with HMAS Bunbury off Fremantle, December 17, 1944. Broken up at Faslane. Sea Scout S3 P253, later S153 c/s MKKL 48 01-Mar-44 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 14-Dec-65 Scrap Lt. J.W. Kelly RN. (Sir) John Harvey-Jones (later of ICI) 1st Lt. in 1944-45. Ordered to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) mid 44. On Christmas Eve 1944, Sea Scout was ordered out to patrol the Nicobar, Andaman Islands and Sabang. On the 29th they were able to shell beached coasters and the pier in the Nicobars, however no further targets were found for the rest of the patrol. Sea Scout undertook four more patrols prior to the end of the war but, with the lack of sizeable ships, targets were becoming hard to find; however, Sea Scout sank seven junks, damaged a pier and sank a coaster while patrolling off the north coast of Sumatra during the second patrol. On the third patrol, Sea Scout left Colombo on 31 Mar 45 to search the Flores Sea prior to joining HMS Adamant in Fremantle as part of the 4th Flotilla. The fourth and fifth patrols were in the Gulf of Siam and, although many small targets were encountered and sunk on both patrols, nothing of significance was encountered. 17 minor ships and some barges had been sunk in Sea Scout's patrols. She was still on patrol when the “Cease Fire” signal was broadcast and the submarine was recalled and told to proceed to Subic Bay, Philippines. Served another 20 years. Broken up at Briton Ferry, with Seraph. Picture - Sea Scout on right, with a Dutch T Class (possibly Tijgerhaai or Zwaardvis) on left, in 1956. Location not known. Seal Porpoise 37M 55 27-Sep-38 HMDY Chatham 05-May-40 Captured Minelayer. Lt Cdr RP Lonsdale RN. First war patrol in Gulf of Aden. Returned to UK for patrols in North Sea and convoy-protection in Atlantic. Transferred to 6th Flotilla. 29 Apr 40 sailed for minelaying operation DF7 with 50 mines from Immingham, to lay minefield near the Swedish island of Vinga in the Kattegat, across German transport route to Norway. This minefield later claimed three Swedish vessels and the German merchant Vogesen (4241 GRT). While evading surface ASW craft, hit mine and forced to sit on bottom until dark. Surfaced eventually but almost uncontrollable. Aft compartments flooded. Tried to make for Sweden. One engine started but stern damage caused the boat to circle. At 0250 4th May 40 attacked by German He-115 aircraft from Aalborg, Denmark. Spotted by German Ar-196 seaplane, which attacked. Joined by second 'Arado'. Unable to dive, with crew suffering from CO2 poisoning, Seal put up a fight but the Lewis gun jammed. At 0630 the German submarine-hunter UJ-128 arrived on the scene. The crew surrendered, expecting the boat to sink, but it stayed afloat. 60 crew taken prisoner. Boat towed to Frederikshavn, Denmark, and on 11 May to Kiel. Commissioned by Germany as UB.A in Nov 1940, commanded by Fregkpt. Bruno Mahn, a WWI veteran of UB-21. UB.A had limited value for Germany except for training and propaganda purposes. One benefit was the analysis of British torpedoes, leading to improved detonators for the unreliable German torpedoes. Lt Cdr Lonsdale, the CO, was court-martialled after the war, but exonerated. Decommissioned in July 1941 and scuttled in Heikendorf Bay, Kiel, (54.22N, 10.11E) 3 May 1945. The wreck was later raised and broken up. See more details.   Sealion S2 72S, N72 39 16-Mar-34 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 01-Mar-45 Target Based in Med 1934-39. Home waters at start of war. Lt. Cdr. Ben Bryant - see also Safari 6 Nov 39, fires 6 torpedoes at, but missed, the German Type IIb U-boat U-21 off the Dogger Bank in position 55º10'N, 02º11'E. 11 Apr 40, torpedoed and sank the German merchant August Leonhard (2593 GRT) in the Skaggerak in position 56º29'N, 11º43'E. 6 May 40, attacked, but missed, the German merchant Moltkefels (7862 GRT) with 3 torpedoes about 19nm south-west of Vaderob in position 58º30'N, 10º30'E. 3 Jul 40, fired 6 torpedoes at, but missed, a German convoy off Boknafjord, Norway. Sealion was heavily depth charged following this failed attack. 8 Jul 40, fired a torpedo at the beached wreck of the German merchant Palime (2863 GRT) off Obrestadt. The Palime was beached after hitting a mine on 5 June 1940 that had been laid by Narwhal. 29 Jul 40, attacked and missed the German Type IIb Uboat U-62 with torpedoes and then with gunfire south-west of Stavanger, Norway, 58º21'N, 04º24'E. 4 Aug 40, torpedoed and sanks the Norwegian merchant Toran (3318 GRT) off Homborsund, Norway in position 58º17'N, 08º38'E. 6 Aug 40, attacked but missed the German merchant Cläre Hugo Stinnes (5295 GRT) off Kristiansand, Norway, 57º51'N, 07º24'E. 5 Feb 41, sank the (German controlled) Norwegian Ryfylke (1151 GRT) off Honningsvåg, Norway. 30 May 41, attacked but missed the German Type VIIb U-boat U-74 in the Bay of Biscay about 45nm south-west of Belle-Ile Island, France in position 46º58'N, 04º12'W. 7 Jul 41, sank the French fishing vessels Gustav Eugene (120 GRT) and Gustav Jeanne (39 GRT) with gunfire off Ushant. 8 Jul 41, sank the French fishing vessel Christus Regnat (28 GRT) with gunfire off Ushant. 9 Jul 41, sank the French fishing vessel St Pierre d'Alcantara (329 GRT) with gunfire off Ushant. 18 Nov 41, (Lt. G.R. Colvin, RN) sank the Norwegian tanker Vesco (331 GRT) near Laksefjord, Norway, 70º57'N, 26º50'E. 5 Dec 41, torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Island (638 GRT) north of Mehavn, Norway in position 71º07'N, 27º54'E. Dec 41, acted as marker submarine for Operation Anklet, the raid on Lofoten Islands, Norway. (See details). 1943 A/S training. 3 Mar 45 scuttled as Asdic target off Isle of Arran.   Seawolf S2 47S, N47 39 28-11-1936 Scotts, Greenock Nov 45 Scrap 1936-39 5th Flotilla, Portsmouth. Aug 1939 joined 2nd Flotilla, Dundee. Oct 1939 joined 3rd Flotilla. Lt Cdr JW Studholme. Many undercover ops. esp. off Norway. 18 Apr 40 sank German transport Hamm in Skagerrak. Nov 1940 to 5th Flotilla. Nov 1941 operated in Arctic waters, sank transport Bressheim 22 Nov 41. Feb 1942 joined 3rd Flotilla. 6-Mar-1942 sighted German BB Tirpitz at sea, having sailed from Trondheim to attack convoy PQ12, sent Enemy Report. Aug 1942 refitted in USA. Jan 1943 A/S training based on Halifax, Nova Scotia then in Nov 1942 at Bermuda. July 1944 refit at Philadelphia. Dec 1944 A/S training at Digby. 23-Jun-45 paid off at Halifax, NS. Nov 1945 sold for breaking up in Canada.   Selene S3 P254 c/s MKKM 48 24-Apr-44 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 06-Jun-61 Scrap Towed XE5 to cut Japanese submarine communication cables between Saigon and Hong Kong, July/Aug 1945. 19 Mar 45 (Lt.Cdr. H.R.B. Newton, DSC, RN) damaged a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north-east of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. 22 Mar 45, sank three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire north-east of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. 25 Jun 45, sank two Japanese coasters and a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. 2 Jul 45, sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. 3 Jul 45, damaged a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. Converted as high speed target-vessel 1945 - see Seraph.   Seneschal S3 P255 c/s GGXN 48 23-Apr-45 Scotts, Greenock 23-Aug-60 Scrap Too late for war service. 4 Jun 47, suffered an explosion. 14 Jun 52, collided with the Danish frigate Thetis south of the Isle of Wight. The submarine's periscope and radar mast were damaged. Broken up at Dunston on Tyne. Sentinel S3 P256/S56 c/s GGVW 48 27-Jul-45 Scotts, Greenock 01-Feb-62 Scrap Too late for WW2. Med Fleet '51. Portland 59-61. Scrapped Gillingham, Kent.
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