HMS Sidon

HMS Sidon was a submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1944, one of the third group of S class built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead, named after the naval bombardment of Sidon in 1840. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. An explosion caused by a faulty torpedo sank her in Portland Harbour with the loss of 13 lives in 1955.

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S-class submarine, submarine, Cammell Laird, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• uboat.net page^@
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1943-07-07T00:00:00Z

1943-07-07T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1944-11-23T00:00:00Z

1944-11-23T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1944-09-04T00:00:00Z

1944-09-04T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

HMS Sidon

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Sidon		Commons