Service
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.
After 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.
Several S-class submarines were sold on or lent to other navies:
- Netherlands 1
- Portugal 3
- France 4
- Israel 2.
A modified version was ordered by the Turkish navy in 1939 as the Oruc Reis class submarine.
Read more about this topic: British S Class Submarine (1931)
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