HMS Sterlet (2S)
 HMS Sterlet | |
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| Name: | HMS Sterlet |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 14 July 1936 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 6 April 1938 |
| Identification: | Pennant number 2S |
| Fate: | Sunk 18 April 1940 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | S-class submarine |
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| Length: | 208 ft 9 in (63.63 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin diesel/electric |
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| Complement: | 39 officers and men |
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HMS Sterlet was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched on 22 September 1937 and fought in the Second World War. Sterlet is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named Sterlet.
At the onset of the Second World War Sterlet was a member of the 2nd Submarine Flotilla. From 23-26 August 1939 the 2nd Submarine Flotilla transferred to its war bases at Dundee and Blyth.[1]
On 8 April 1940 Sterlet left for a patrol in the Skagerrak, Norway under the command of Lt. Gerard Henry Stacpoole Haward, aged just 30, and the husband to Diana Auriol Haward. Four days later she unsuccessfully attacked a convoy of three merchant ships and a destroyer. The following day she was assigned a new patrol area and on 14 April torpedoed the German gunnery training ship Brummer, leading to it sinking the following day.[2]
She was possibly sunk by the German anti submarine trawlers UJ-125, UJ-126 and UJ-128 on 18 April. Alternatively, she may have struck a mine whilst returning to port.[3]
References
Citations
- ↑ Rohwer, p.1
- ↑ German.navy.de: Brummer
- ↑ Uboat.net: HMS Sterlet
Sources
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939—1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Revised & Expanded ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
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Coordinates: 58°40′N 9°56′E / 58.667°N 9.933°E