HMS Sidon (P259)

HMS Sidon
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sidon
Builder	Cammell Laird Shipyard - Birkenhead
Laid down	7 July 1943
Launched	4 September 1944
Commissioned	23 November 1944
Fate	Wrecked by own torpedo explosion 16 June 1955 Refloated, sunk for target practice 14 June 1957
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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 knots (27 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h) 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 gun

HMS Sidon was a submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1944, one of the third group of S class built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead, named after the naval bombardment of Sidon in 1840. An explosion caused by a faulty torpedo sank her in Portland Harbour with the loss of 13 lives.