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HMS Spirit (P 245)

Submarine of the S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS 
PennantP 245 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Oct, 1942 
Launched20 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned25 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Grays, Essex, England on 4 July 1950.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Anthony Walter Langridge, RN
August 1943 -8 August 1945
DSC awarded on 20 July 1945

Lt. Richard Thomas Sallis, DSC, RN
8 August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Spirit include:

9 Jul, 1944
HMS Spirit (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) claims to have damaged a small Japanese oiler with gunfire to the north of Sumatra.

14 Sep, 1944
HMS Spirit (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) sinks three Siamese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.

19 Sep, 1944
HMS Spirit (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) sinks a Siamese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra.

22 Jan, 1945
HMS Spirit (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) sinks the Japanese Ryushin Maru with gunfire in the Java Sea in position 06º02'S, 110º41'E. She also sinks an other enemy vessel. (see map)

14 Mar, 1945
HMS Spirit (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) sinks the Japanese coaster Ryuho Maru (approx. 300 GRT) with gunfire off Massalambo Island in the Java Sea in position 05º34'S, 114º26'E. (see map)


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