HMS Solent (P262)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Solent.

History
Name	HMS Solent
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down	7 May 1943
Launched	8 June 1944
Commissioned	7 September 1944
Fate	Broken up in 1961
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General characteristics
Displacement	814–872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged
Length	217 ft (66 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Speed	14.75 knots (16.97 mph; 27.32 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) submerged
Complement	48 officers and men
Armament	6 x forward 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun

HMS Solent was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 8 June 1944.

She served during the Second World War, spending most of her career in the Pacific Far East, often in company with her sister ship, HMS Sleuth. Together they sank fifteen Japanese sailing vessels and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 3. Solent then went on to sink a Japanese patrol vessel and a Japanese landing craft, whilst damaging another.

Solent survived the Second World War, and was sold off, arriving at Troon on 28 August 1961 for breaking up.

Commanding officers

From	To	Captain
1948	1948	Lieutenant-Commander Gordon Tait DSC RN
1953	1953

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.