HMS Scotsman (P243)

Scotsman
History
United Kingdom
Name	Scotsman
Ordered	20 December 1941
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down	15 April 1943
Launched	18 August 1944
Commissioned	9 December 1944
Fate	expended in trials 1964; salved and broken up, November 1964
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General characteristics
Class and type	S-class submarine
Displacement	814 long tons (827 t) surfaced 990 long tons (1,010 t) submerged
Length	217 ft (66.1 m)
Beam	23 ft 9 in (7.2 m)
Draught	14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Installed power	1,900 bhp (1,400 kW) (diesel) 1,300 hp (970 kW) (electric)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surface; 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth	350 feet (106.7 m)
Complement	48
Armament	6 × bow 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA gun

HMS Scotsman was a third-batch S-class submarine of the third batch built for the Royal Navy during World War II. After training exercises in Britain during which she ran aground, requiring repairs, she was transferred to the Pacific fleet as the war with Germany had ended. The submarine sank one junk en route to her submarine unit, but arrived after the end of the Pacific War and World War II. She was scrapped in November 1964.