HMS Stygian

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Stygian
Builder	Cammell Laird Shipyard, Birkenhead
Laid down	6 January 1943
Launched	30 November 1943
Commissioned	29 February 1944
Decommissioned	29 October 1949
Fate	Sold for scrapping 28 October 1949
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General characteristics
Class and type	S-class submarine
Displacement	814-872 tons surfaced; 990 tons submerged;
Length	217 ft (66 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Speed	14.75 kn (27.32 km/h; 16.97 mph) surfaced; 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged;
Complement	48 officers and men
Armament	6 × forward 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft; 13 torpedoes; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun; 1 × 20 mm cannon; 3 × .303-calibre machine guns;

HMS Stygian (pennant number P249) was a S-class submarine 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.

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