Allied Warships

HMS Stoic (P 231)

Submarine of the S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS 
PennantP 231 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Jun 1942 
Launched9 Apr 1943 
Commissioned29 Jun 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap in July 1950.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Peter Barnsley Marriot, DSC, RN
5 May 1943 – 4 June 1945
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 November 1944
DSO awarded on 3 April 1945

Lt. James Newenham Elliott, RN
4 June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Stoic (P 231)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Peter Barnsley Marriot, DSO, RN5 May 19434 Jun 1945
2Lt. James Newenham Elliott, RN4 Jun 19457 Jan 1946

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Noteable events involving Stoic include:


3 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks two small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off Penang.

8 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

12 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Kainan Maru (1134 GRT) off Phuket, Siam in position 07º54'N, 98º27'E. (see map)

13 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) claims to have sunk a landing craft with gunfire off Penang.

17 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks two small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and demolition charges off Penang.

13 Jul 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Nanyo Maru No.55 with gunfire off Mukomuko, western Sumatra.

25 Oct 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Java Sea.

31 Oct 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the north-east tip of Java, Netherlands East Indies in position 07º40'S, 114º13'E. She also bombards warehouses and fuel tanks at Jangka Island. (see map)

16 Dec 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Shoei Maru (1986 GRT) west of Sunda Strait in position 05º45'S, 104º43'E. (see map)

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