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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: British S class submarine, HMS Seraph, HMS Storm, HMS Sidon, HMS Statesman, HMS Shark, HMS Sturgeon, HMS Safari, HMS Sibyl, HMS Stratagem, HMS Spearfish, HMS Saracen, HMS Stubborn, HMS Sceptre, HMS Sickle, HMS Splendid, HMS Sahib, HMS Sunfish, HMS Salmon, HMS Spiteful, HMS Sportsman, HMS Seawolf, HMS Sealion, HMS Snapper, HMS Swordfish, HMS Simoom, HMS P222, HMS Satyr, HMS Sirdar, HMS Stygian, HMS Shakespeare, HMS Starfish, HMS Seadog, HMS Sterlet, HMS Strongbow, HMS Seahorse, HMS Syrtis, HMS Stonehenge, HMS Sleuth, HMS Scythian, HMS Scorcher, HMS Sea Rover, HMS Spark, HMS Springer, HMS Saga, HMS Shalimar, HMS Spur, HMS Sturdy, HMS Seneschal, HMS Spirit, HMS Stoic, HMS Sanguine, HMS Solent, HMS Sea Devil, HMS Subtle, HMS Surf, HMS Sea Nymph, HMS Spearhead, HMS Sea Scout, HMS Supreme, HMS Selene, HMS Sentinel, HMS Scotsman. Excerpt: The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the H class submarines. Due to major naval construction of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, however, the S class became the largest single group of submarines ever built for the Royal Navy; a total of 62 were constructed over a period of 15 years, with fifty of the "improved" S-class launched between 1940 and 1945. The submarines operated in the waters around the United Kingdom and in the Mediterranean, and later in the Far East after being fitted with extra tankage. Diagram showing the number of S-class submarines in serviceAfter the war S class boats continued to serve in the Royal Navy until the 1960s. The last operational boat in the Royal Navy was HMS Sea Devil, launched in 1945 and scrapped in February 1966. Sever...
