Call for Assistance – Venice

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1. 07.02.2026 at 08:53

   CMJTW says:

   The cruiser is Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi . The boat is an S-class with the post war modifications . Modernisation is identifiable by the absence of a gun, the removal of raised gun access tower forward of conning tower and the raised fairing over the snort mast raise/lower mechanism. A modern ASDIC dome is fitted.Eleven boats were modified –
   ScythianP237 (S137)
   Completed Scotts 1944.
   08-Aug-1960 arrived for scrap Ship breaking Industries, Charlestown. PoWV 1959 confirms modernised 1953.

   Sea DevilP244 (S44)
   Completed Scotts. Dec’ 1945.
   15-Dec-1965 arrived for scrap Metal Recoveries, Newhaven.
   Photograph shows modernised. PoWV 1959 confirms 1952.
   Said to be the last operational submarine of the S Class.

   SturdyP248 (S48)
   Completed 1943 Cammell Laird.
   9 Jul 1955 suffered an battery explosion.
   Royal Naval Submarine Museum Archive indicates modernised. Photograph shows modernised.
   Sold for scrap July 1957 at Malta, 09-May-1958 arrived for scrap Clayton & Davie, Dunston

   SubtleP251(S51)
   Completed 1944 Cammell Laird.
   June 1959 arrived for scrap to Ship breaking Industries, Charlestown.
   PoWV 1959 confirms modernised.

   Sea ScoutP253 (S153)
   Completed 1944 Cammell Laird.
   Paid Off 1963.
   09-Dec-1965 sold for scrap to T.W. Ward, Briton Ferry.
   PoWV 1959 confirms modified 1953.
   SeneschalP255 (S75)
   Completed 1945 Scotts.
   Aug-1960 arrived for scrap Clayton & Davie, Dunston.
   Photograph shows modernised.
   PoWV 1959 confirms modernised 1952 and to be scrapped.

   SentinelP256 (S56)
   Completed 1945 Scotts.
   28-Feb-1962 sold for scrap to Lynch at Rochester and broken up at Gillingham.
   Photograph shows modernised.
   Listed in PoWV 1959 not shown as modernised.

   ScorcherP258 (S58)
   Completed 1945 Cammell Laird.
   14-Sept-1962 arrived for scrap to Ship breaking Industries Charlestown, Fife.
   PoWV 1959 confirms modernised 1952.
   Barrow list says hull retained for experimental purposes 1961.

   SidonP259
   Completed 1944 Cammell Laird.
   Lost 1955 due to ‘fancy’ torpedo explosion Portland.
   Photograph shows modernised.

   SpringerP264 (S64)
   Completed 1945 Cammell Laird.
   Sold to Israel 1958 delivered Dec’ 1959, renamed Tanin.
   Photograph shows modernised.
   Then later as Tanin with 3′ or 4′ deck gun and possibly a light AA gun in bandstand.

   SanguineP266.(S66)
   Completed 1945 Cammell Laird.
   Sold to Israel 1958 delivered 1960, renamed Rahav.
   Photograph shows modernised apparently while in Royal Navy service.

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