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HMS Sceptre (P215)

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where she was extensively refitted and modified for use as a target submarine. Her deck gun was removed and her hull streamlined, and she was fitted with more powerful batteries. She was allocated to the Seventh Submarine Flotilla and used for training, based at Sheerness. She continued to run as a
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to penetrate their anchorages and place explosive charges. However, the midget submarine that she was assigned to tow experienced technical difficulties and the mission was aborted. During her next four patrols,
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The submarine set to sea again on 28 February, again patrolling in the Arctic. On 6 March, the boat fired two torpedoes at a merchant ship in a convoy, but missed. The next day,
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underwent a lengthy refit to serve as a high-speed target submarine for training purposes. When the war ended, the submarine continued training operations, and was sold for
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penetrated the harbour in broad daylight, avoiding tugs and ships, and successfully placed her explosive charges under the targeted dock. The midget submarine met
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successfully entered the harbour two days later, but faulty intelligence and incorrect charts resulted in the explosive charges being laid on the German merchant
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in that X-class midget submarines would be used to penetrate a heavily defended area and attack targets underwater with limpet mines. This mission's target was a
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conducted another uneventful patrol in Arctic waters from 15 November to 7 December, then, in her next patrol, fired four torpedoes at the Norwegian merchantman
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departed harbour for a patrol in the Bay of Biscay area, off northern Spain. Two weeks later, the submarine torpedoed and sank the German merchant ship
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later in the day, and both submarines returned to their base unharmed, while the charges under the dock exploded, breaking it in two and sinking it.
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of merchant ships with four torpedoes, but it is unclear if she hit any. Two day later, the submarine attacked what appeared to be a German
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was forced to beach itself and broke up the next day. On 12 and 13 March, the submarine fired torpedoes at the merchants
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again participated in training operations with X-class submarines, after which she departed for a special operation,
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After training for operations with X-class midget submarines at Port HZZ, the boat departed on 7 September, towing
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attacked several ships, but only succeeded in severely damaging one. She was then ordered to tow the submarine
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in Norway using midget submarines. On 12 September 1943, the boat departed port towing the X-class submarine
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until February 1947. After sustaining damage due to a battery explosion on 8 August 1949, she was sold to
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The boat set out for another patrol in northern waters on 14 September; six days later, she attacked a
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with three torpedoes, which all exploded on the beach after missing their target; later in the day
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again sighted a convoy, and succeed in inflicting heavy torpedo damage on the German merchantman
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and sank it with a full salvo of six torpedoes. The submarine ended her patrol on 23 September.
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during World War II. Completed in April 1943, she spent the majority of her career in the
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then conducted another patrol from 15 to 28 October, sinking the German submarine chaser
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could be carried in lieu of the internally stowed torpedoes. They were also armed with a
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later in the day. The submarine was named after the symbol of Royal authority, the
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off Punta Lamie, Spain, three day later. The submarine ended her patrol in
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to Bergen again. The operation was a success, and the dry dock was sunk.
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taken under tow again. The pair returned to Port HZZ on 18 April.
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for the bow tubes for a grand total of thirteen torpedoes. Twelve
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and not on the dock. The ship was sunk and the dock damaged, and
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was a third-batch S-class submarine and was ordered by the
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For surface running, the boats were powered by two 950-
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to her target, the same floating dry dock in Bergen.
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were designed to patrol the restricted waters of the
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History Reference Center: Branden Books. 973:sank five ships for a total of 15,084  639:After going through training exercises off 600:Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company 87:Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company 2261: 1749: 1733: 1719: 1711: 1592:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 827:under tow, and released her the next day. 636:; she was the fourth ship with this name. 1068:, beached and broke up the following day 736:due to mechanical problems on 3 October. 1605:. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. 1449: 979: 969:During her service with the Royal Navy, 192:990 long tons (1,010 t) (submerged) 19:For other ships with the same name, see 1447: 1445: 1443: 1441: 1439: 1437: 1435: 1433: 1431: 1429: 1365: 1660: 1628:. Vol. 2. Naval Institute Press. 1585: 272:(28 km/h; 17 mph) (surfaced) 235:1,300 hp (970 kW) (electric) 27: 613:on 6 January 1943. 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Index

HMS Sceptre

Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Greenock
Pennant number
scrap

S-class
submarine
bhp
diesel engines
electric motors
kn
nmi
ASDIC
Type 291
early-warning radar
21 in (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
3 in (76 mm)
deck gun
20 mm (0.8 in)
AA gun
S-class
submarine
Royal Navy
North Sea
Operation Source
battleships
midget submarines

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