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Storm 1944

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
P211, 1.1943- Safari	P211		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6.1940	18.11.1941	3/1942	lost 8.1.1946	War Emergency Programme
P212, 1.1943- Sahib	P212		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7.1940	19.1.1942	5/1942	sunk 24.4.1943	War Emergency Programme
P213, 1.1943- Saracen	P213 - P247		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7.1940	16.2.1942	6/1942	sunk 14.8.1943	War Emergency Programme
Satyr	P214, 1948- S84		Scotts, Greenock	6.1940	28.9.1942	2/1943	to France 2.1952 - 8.1961 (Saphir), BU 4.1962	War Emergency Programme
Sceptre	P215, 1948- S...		Scotts, Greenock	7.1940	9.1.1943	4/1943	BU 9.1949	War Emergency Programme
P216, 1.1943- Sea Dog	P216		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	12.1940	11.6.1942	9/1942	BU 8.1948	1940 program
P217, 1.1943- Sibyl	P217		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	12.1940	29.4.1942	8/1942	BU 3.1948	1940 program
P222	P222		Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	8.1940	20.9.1941	5/1942	sunk 12.12.1942	1940 program
P223, 1.1943- Sea Nymph	P223		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	5.1941	29.7.1942	11/1942	BU 6.1948	1940 program
Sea Rover	P218, 1948- S...		Scotts, Greenock / Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	1.1941	18.2.1943	7.1943	BU 10.1949	1940 program
P219, 1.1943- Seraph	P219, 1948- S89		Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	8.1940	25.10.1941	6.1942	BU 12.1965	1940 program
P221, 1.1943- Shakespeare	P221		Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	11.1940	8.12.1941	7/1942	BU 7.1946	1940 program
P224, 1.1943- Sickle	P224		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	5.1941	27.8.1942	12/1942	sunk 14.6.1944	1940 program
P225, 1.1943- Simoom	P225		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7.1941	12.10.1942	12/1942	sunk 15.11.1943	1940 program
Sirdar	P226, 1948- S76		Scotts, Greenock / Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	4.1941	26.3.1943	9.1943	BU 5.1965	1940 program
Spiteful	P227, 1948- S...		Scotts, Greenock	9.1941	5.6.1943	10/1943	to France 1.1952 - 11.1958 (Siréne), BU 7.1963	1940 program
P228, 1.1943- Splendid	P228		Chatham DYd	3.1941	19.1.1942	8/1942	sunk 21.4.1943	1940 program
P229, 1.1943- Sportsman	P229, 1948- S...		Chatham DYd	7.1941	17.4.1942	12/1942	to France 1951 (Sibylle)	1940 program
Scythian	P237, 1948- S137		Scotts, Greenock	2.1943	14.4.1944	8/1944	BU 8.1960	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Shalimar	P242, 1948- S...		Chatham DYd	4.1942	22.4.1943	4/1944	BU 7.1950	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Spark	P236, 1948- S...		Scotts, Greenock	10.1942	28.12.1943	4/1944	BU 10.1949	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Spirit	P245, 1948- S...		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	10.1942	20.7.1943	10/1943	BU 7.1950	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Statesman	P246, 1948- S46		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	11.1942	14.9.1943	12/1943	to France 1952 - 11.1959 (Sultane), BU 1.1961	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Stoic	P231, 1948- S...		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6.1942	9.4.1943	6/1943	BU 7.1950	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Stonehenge	P232		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	4.1942	23.3.1943	6/1943	sunk 20.3.1944	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Storm	P233, 1948- S...		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6.1942	18.5.1943	8/1943	BU 9.1949	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Stratagem	P234		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	4.1942	21.6.1943	10/1943	sunk 22.11.1944	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Strongbow	P235		Scotts, Greenock	4.1942	30.8.1943	12/1943	BU 4.1946	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Stubborn	P238		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	9.1941	11.11.1942	2/1943	sunk as target 30.4.1946	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Surf	P239, 1948- S...		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	2.1941	10.12.1942	3/1943	BU 10.1949	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Syrtis	P241		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	10.1941	4.2.1943	4/1943	sunk 28.3.1944	1941 Programme, riveted pressure hull
Scotsman	P243, 1948- S143		Scotts, Greenock	4.1943	18.8.1944	12/1944	BU 11.1964	1941 Programme, welded pressure hull
Sea Devil	P244, 1948- S44		Scotts, Greenock	5.1943	30.1.1945	5/1945	BU 12.1965	1941 Programme, welded pressure hull

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	14.75 / 9
Displacement standard, t	715
Displacement normal, t	842 / 990 Safari, Scotsman, Sea Devil: 814 / 990
Length, m	66.1
Breadth, m	7.24
Draught, m	4.22 - 4.47
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Admiralty diesels / 2 electric motors P222, Seraph, Shakespeare: 2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1900 / 1300
Fuel, t	diesel oil 67, later 92 Safari, Scotsman, Sea Devil: diesel oil 45, later Scotsman и Sea Devil: 85
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(10) / Safari, Scotsman, Sea Devil: 4000(10) /
Armament	Sahib, Saracen, Satyr, Sceptre: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 3 x 1 - 12.7/62, 7 - 533 TT (6 bow, 1 ext stern, 13 torpedoes or 12 М2 mines) Sea Dog, Sea Nymph, Sea Rover, Seraph, Shakespeare, Sibyl, Sickle, Simoom, Sirdar, Spiteful, Splendid, Sportsman, Shalimar, Spark, Spirit, Statesman, Stoic, Stonehenge, Storm,  Stratagem, Strongbow, Stubborn, Surf, Syrtis: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 7 - 533 TT (6 bow, 1 ext stern, 13 torpedoes or 12 М2 mines) Scotsman, Scythian, Sea Devil: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 6 - 533 TT (6 bow,12 torpedoes or 12 М2 mines) Safari, P222: 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 3 x 1 - 12.7/62, 6 - 533 TT (6 bow, 12 torpedoes or 12 М2 mines)
Electronic equipment	completed 1942 - 1944: type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars completed 1944 - 1945: type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars
Complement	48
Diving depth operational, m	95 Scotsman, Sea Devil: 110

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Project history

Development of Shark class. 5 submarines were built under "Emergency war Programme", 13 under 1940 Programme, 15 under 1941 Programme. In comparison with pre-war boats of "S" class, bulkheads were welded and fuel stowage at the expense of storage of part of fuel in specially arranged  ballast tanks was increased. Two last boats of the 1941 Programme had all-welded pressure hull, that raised an operational diving depth to 110m. Later fuel stowage of majority submarines was increased to 92t (85t on Scotsman and Sea Devil).

Majority of submarines had additional seventh TT out of a pressure hull. During or already after completion all ships have even more increased fuel stowage at the expense of improvement of ballast tanks construction by 40 or 25t.

Modernizations

1943 - 1944, survived early submarines: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

1944 - 1945, Strongbow: - 1 - 533 TT (ext stern) (12 torpedoes totally)

1/1946, Safari: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 6 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

1/1946, Satyr, Sceptre: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 7 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

1/1946, Sea Dog, Sibyl, Sea Nymph, Sea Rover, Seraph, Shakespeare, Sirdar, Spiteful, Sportsman, Shalimar, Spark, Spirit, Statesman, Stoic, Storm, Strongbow, Stubborn, Surf: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 7 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

1/1946, Scythian, Scotsman, Sea Devil: 1 x 1 - 102/40 S Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 7 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

late 1940s, most submarines: - 1 x 1 - 76/45 or 1 x 1 - 102/40

Naval service

Р222 was sunk by DCs of Italian destroyer Fortunale off Naples 12.12.1942. Splendid was sunk by DCs of German destroyer ZG3 Hermes off Corsica 21.4.1943. Sahib was sunk by DCs of Italian corvette Gabbiano off Sicily 24.4.1943. Saracen was sunk by DCs of Italian corvette Minerva in Mediterranean Sea 14.8.1943. Simoom was sunk 15.11.1943 by German submarine U565 in Mediterranean Sea. Stonehenge was lost 20.3.1944 for the unknown reason in Strait of Malacca (Indian Ocean). Syrtis was lost 28.3.1944 on a mine off Norway. Sickle was lost 14.6.1944 in Mediterranean (possibly on a mine). Stratagem was sunk 22.11.1944 by DCs of Japanese patrol ship in Strait of Malacca. Stubborn was sunk in 1946 as a target. Seraph in September 1944 was converted to high speed underwater target. Hull and casing were streamlined, new higher capacity batteries, up-rated motors and "T" class propellers were installed. Maximal speed was increased up to 12.5kts at periscope depth and 16.7kts surfaced. Later Sceptre, Satyr and Statesman were so converted. Seraph and Scotsman were used for trials after war. Safari foundered 8.1.1946 in unmanned condition being towed to breakers.