HMS Storm

	HMS Storm
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Storm (P233)
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Yard number	J.3067
Laid down	23 June 1942
Launched	18 May 1943
Commissioned	9 July 1943
Stricken	1949
Fate	Scrapped September 1949
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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	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engines: 2x8 cylinder 950hp Brotherhoods.; Electric motors: Metro-Vickers.;
Speed	14.75 knots surfaced; 8 knots submerged;
Test depth	380 ft (120 m)
Complement	6 officers, 43 ratings (at end of wartime commission)
Armament	6 × forward 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, one aft; 13 torpedoes; one three-inch (76 mm) gun; one 20 mm Oerlikon cannon; three .303-calibre machine gun;

HMS Storm 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 18 May 1943. So far, she is the only RN ship to bear the name Storm.

She served in the Far East, from Trincomalee in modern Sri Lanka and from Perth, Australia. She was notable for being the first operational submarine to be commanded by a British officer from the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Commander Edward Young, DSO, DSC and bar (he had previously commanded the P555 which was used in the training of crews and anti submarine ships).^[1]

^ Lt Cdr Freddie Sherwood, a Canadian RNVR officer was the first RNVR officer of any Commonwealth nation to command a submarine, HMS Spiteful.

[1] Lt Cdr Freddie Sherwood, a Canadian RNVR officer was the first RNVR officer of any Commonwealth nation to command a submarine, HMS Spiteful.

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