HMS Stalker (L3515)

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

HMS Stalker in 2010
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Stalker
BuilderYarrows Ltd., Esquimalt
Launched16 December 1944
Commissioned1947
DecommissionedMay 1970
RenamedWas LST 3515 until 1947
ReclassifiedSubmarine support ship in 1958
Fate
  • Sold for scrapping in 2002
  • Scrapped in 2010
General characteristics
TypeLanding Ship, Tank Mk III
Tonnage
Length345.57 ft (105.33 m)
Beam53.97 ft (16.45 m)
Draught12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
Depth11.51 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • vertical triple expansion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 5500ihp
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)
Range1400 tons of oil
Capacity
  • 170 troops
  • 15 × 40 ton tanks or 20 x 25-ton tanks
  • 14 × 3-ton lorries
Complement118-190
Armament

HMS Stalker was a Mark III LST (Landing Ship, Tank)[1] that was built during the later part of the Second World War, and became the last steam-driven LST to be scrapped.[2] She initially entered service under the designation LST 3515, but was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1947 as HMS Stalker.

The ship was built by Canadian Yarrow at Esquimalt.[3] She was completed too late to see action in the war, and eventually served in a submarine support role in Northern Ireland,[3] before being transferred to Rosyth dockyard as part of the nuclear submarine refit support.

  1. ^ Jordan, John, ed. (2006), "Warship notes", Warship 2006, Anova Books, p. 151, ISBN 978-1-84486-089-0
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference news2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Annual Report April 2008 – March 2009" (PDF). National Historic Ships. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2010.