Allied Warships

HMS Sirdar (P 226)

Submarine of the S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS 
PennantP 226 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Apr 1941 
Launched26 Mar 1943 
Commissioned20 Sep 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Boness on 31 May 1965.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. John Anthony Spender, RN
21 June 1943 – 8 August 1945
DSC awarded on 15 June 1945

Lt.Cdr. Aston Dalzell Piper, DSO, DSC and 2 Bars, RD, RNR
8 August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Sirdar (P 226)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. John Anthony Spender, RN21 Jun 19438 Aug 1945
2Lt.Cdr. Aston Dalzell Piper, DSC, RD, DSO, RNR8 Aug 194523 Nov 1945

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Noteable events involving Sirdar include:


8 Jun 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

11 Jun 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra.

18 Jul 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.

21 Jul 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) sinks two Japanese coasters with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.

1 Sep 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire north-west of Sumatra.

2 Sep 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) sinks the Japanese guardboat Kaiyo Maru No.5 (93 GRT) with gunfire about 17 nautical miles south-east of Meulaboh, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º55'N, 96º20'E. (see map)

25 Dec 1944
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.

1 Feb 1953
Sirdar was swamped by floods while in dry dock at the naval dockyard at Sheerness, Kent, and later sank.

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