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HMS Seadog (P216)
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HMS Seadog was an S class submarine
of the Royal Navy
, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird
& Co Limited, Birkenhead
and launched on 11 June 1942. She previously had the pennant P216. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Seadog.
She spent most of her wartime career in the Far East, except for a brief spell in home waters off the Scandinavian coast, where she sank the German transport ship Oldenburg. She was reassigned to the Pacific in early 1945. En route, she rescued three US airmen from a raft in the Bay of Bengal, and shortly afterwards discovered and rescued another. Seadog rendezvoused with an RAF Catalina to transfer these survivors. Upon arrival to the eastern station, she went on to sink six Japanese sailing vessels and a coaster. She later fell in with her sister, HMS Shalimar
, and together sank another coaster and a tug and a barge.
She survived the Second World War, and was sold on 24 December 1947. She was broken up at Troon in August 1948.
British S class submarine (1931)
The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines...
of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...
& Co Limited, Birkenhead
Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...
and launched on 11 June 1942. She previously had the pennant P216. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Seadog.
She spent most of her wartime career in the Far East, except for a brief spell in home waters off the Scandinavian coast, where she sank the German transport ship Oldenburg. She was reassigned to the Pacific in early 1945. En route, she rescued three US airmen from a raft in the Bay of Bengal, and shortly afterwards discovered and rescued another. Seadog rendezvoused with an RAF Catalina to transfer these survivors. Upon arrival to the eastern station, she went on to sink six Japanese sailing vessels and a coaster. She later fell in with her sister, HMS Shalimar
HMS Shalimar (P242)
HMS Shalimar was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on April 22, 1943. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Shalimar....
, and together sank another coaster and a tug and a barge.
She survived the Second World War, and was sold on 24 December 1947. She was broken up at Troon in August 1948.