HMS Sea Scout (P 253)

Submarine of the S class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	S
Pennant	P 253
Built by	Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down	1 Apr, 1943
Launched	24 Mar, 1944
Commissioned	19 Jun, 1944
End service	Sep, 1962
Loss position

History	Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales 14 December 1965. Commanding Officer: Lt. James William Kelly, RN 15 April 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

Noteable events involving Sea Scout include:

29 Dec, 1944
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks two Japanese vessels of the Nicobar Islands.

23 Feb, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

26 Feb, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

28 Feb, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

4 Mar, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks a Japanese sampam with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

5 Mar, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

25 Apr, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Sumbawa Island, Netherlands East Indies.

1 Jul, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks a Japanese tug, five barges and a coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

7 Jul, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

9 Jul, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

15 Aug, 1945
HMS Sea Scout (Lt. J.W. Kelly, RN) sinks a Japanese patrol vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

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