HMS Shalimar

HMS Shalimar
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Shalimar
Ordered	3 August 1941
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	17 April 1942
Launched	22 April 1943
Commissioned	22 April 1944
Fate	Sold for breaking up July 1950
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General characteristics
Class and type	S-class submarine
Displacement	842 long tons (856 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 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 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	300 feet (91.4 m)
Complement	48
Armament	7 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 1 stern) 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun

HMS Shalimar was a third-batch S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in April 1944, she conducted one war patrol off the Orkney Islands, then was assigned to the Pacific theater, arriving there in September. The submarine conducted one war patrol off the Nicobar Islands, destroying several small ships with gunfire. During her next three patrols in the Strait of Malacca, Shalimar sank twelve sailing vessels, eleven landing craft, four coasters, three lighters, three tugboats, and one minesweeper. After the war ended, the boat was sent back to England, placed in reserve, then sold for scrap in July 1950.