HMS ''Stygian'' (pennant number P249) was a
S-class submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
of the
British Royal Navy, and the only ship so far to bear the name. The boat is listed as being a member of the fourth group, although she had the external stern torpedo tube fitted as in the third group.
After an eventful career in the Pacific during the
Second World War, she was sold to be broken up for scrap on 28 October 1949, and finally scrapped by Metal Industries of Ardgour in August 1950.
Career
On being commissioned, HMS ''Stygian'' was under the command of Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, RN. She was assigned to operate with the
Eastern Fleet in the
Pacific Ocean. She had a short, but eventful wartime career, sinking eight Japanese sailing vessels, five Japanese
coasters, six unidentified Japanese vessels and the ship ''Nichinan Maru''. She also sank the Japanese auxiliary
minesweeper ''Wa 104'' (the former Dutch ''Djember'') and damaged the Japanese auxiliary
submarine chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. Many of the American submarine chasers used in World War I found their way to Allied nations by way of Lend-Lease in World War II.
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''Cha 104'' off
Bali
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. ''Stygian'' acted as tow for the midget submarine ''
XE-3'', when ''XE-3'' attacked the in
Singapore Harbour in
Operation Struggle
The XE-class submarines were a series of twelve midget submarines that were built for the Royal Navy during 1944; four more to a slightly different design were built 1954-5 as the ''Stickleback'' class. They were an improved version of the us ...
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HMS Stygian
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British S-class submarines (1931)
1943 ships
World War II submarines of the United Kingdom
Ships built on the River Mersey
Royal Navy ship names