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HMS Satyr (P 214)

Submarine of the S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS 
PennantP 214 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Jun, 1940 
Launched28 Sep, 1942 
Commissioned8 Feb, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryDuring 1944-1945 HMS Satyr was disarmed, streamlined and given more powerful batteries to serve as a high speed target submarine.

Loaned to the French Navy and served as Saphir from February 1952 until returned in August 1961. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 April 1962. Scrapped in June 1962.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Tobin Subremont Weston, RN
22 March 1943 – 20 December 1944
DSC awarded on 25 July 1944
DSO awarded on 15 August 1944

Lt. James Newenham Elliot, RN
20 December 1944 – 8 April 1945

Lt. Tobin Subremont Weston, DSO, DSC, RN
8 April 1945 - ???

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Lt. William David Stewart Scott, RN
16 June 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Satyr include:

5 Feb, 1944
HMS Satyr (Lt. T.S. Weston, RN) torpedoes the wreck off the German merchant Emsland (5180 GRT) that was aground off Stadlandet, Norway after being heavily damaged by British torpedo bombers on 20 January 1944. On 11 February the wreck was hit again by aerial torpedoes.

24 Mar, 1944
HMS Satyr (Lt. T.S. Weston, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Nordnorge (339 GRT, offsite link) off Stadlandet, Norway in position 62º16'N, 05º06'E. (see map)

15 Jun, 1944
The German submarine U-987 was sunk in the North Sea west of Narvik, in position 68º01'N, 05º08'W by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Satyr (Lt. T.S. Weston, RN). (see map)

20 Aug, 1944
HMS Satyr (Lt. T.S. Weston, DSC, RN) fires four torpedoes against the German merchants Bochum (6121 GRT) and Emma Sauber (2548 GRT) off Skudesnes, Norway. All torpedoes missed their targets.

22 Aug, 1944
HMS Satyr (Lt. T.S. Weston, DSC, RN) fires six torpedoes against a German convoy off Egersund, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their target(s).


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