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| Builder: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | S Grp3 |
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| Fate: | Scrapped Briton Ferry 7/46 |
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Ex P221
Ex P71
| Events | | 13-05-1943: | HMS Shakespeare sinks the Italian sailing vessels Sant' Anna M. and Adelina with gunfire off the north-east coast of Sardinia. | | 06-08-1943: | While on patrol north-west of Ustica, HMS Shakespeare fires three torpedoes at what is identified as an Italian light cruiser. All torpedoes missed their target. | | 07-09-1943: | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. | | 26-10-1943: | HMS Shakespeare sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Konstantinos 23 nautical miles north-east of Andros, Greece. | | 03-11-1943: | HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece. | | 03-12-1943: | HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece. | | 31-12-1944: | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Unryu Maru east of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. | | 03-01-1945: | HMS Shakespeare and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 1 engage each other with gunfire off the Nancowry Strait, Nicobar Islands. Both ships are damaged in the engagement. |
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Specification |
| Length overall |
217ft |
| Beam |
23ft 6in |
| Depth |
11ft |
| Displacement |
872 tons (surface) / 990 tons (submerged) |
| Diving Depth |
350 feet |
| Speed |
Surface 15 knots (design) 14.75 knots (service) / Submerged 10 knots (design) 9 knots (service) |
| No. of shafts |
2 |
| Armament |
(i) 6 21-inch bow tubes, 1 21-inch stern tube (13 torpedoes carried). 1 3-inch gun, 3 0.303-inch machine-guns, 1 20mm Oerlikon cannon |
| Endurance |
Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Complement |
48 |
| 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. |
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