| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | P 239 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1941 |
| Laid down | 1 Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 10 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18 Mar 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 28 October 1949. Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland. |
| Former name | P 89 |
Commands listed for HMS Surf (P 239)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Douglas Lambert, DSC, RN | 14 Jan 1943 | 3 Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Hartley Withers Wilkinson, RN | 3 Dec 1944 | 16 May 1945 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Terence Douglas Wood, DSC, RNVR | 16 May 1945 | 19 Oct 1945 |
| 4 | Lt. Denis Woolnough Mills, DSC, RN | 19 Oct 1945 | 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Surf include:
25 Oct 1943
HMS Surf (Lt. D. Lambert, DSC, RN) engages the German auxiliary patrol vessel GA 54 / Chiaros with gunfire east of Amorgos, Greece. No hits were obtained and Surf was forced to dive by return fire from the German ship.
9 Dec 1943
HMS Surf (Lt. D. Lambert, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the German merchant Sonia (2719 GRT, former French S.N.A. 9) south of Lemnos Island, Greece.
5 Mar 1944
HMS Surf (Lt. D. Lambert, DSC, RN) sank a small Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire off Aroa Island.
14 Jun 1944
HMS Surf (Lt. D. Lambert, DSC, RN) lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.