HMS ''Strongbow'' was an S-class submarine of the

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, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts, of

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and launched on 30 August 1943. She served in the

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, spending most of it in the Pacific Far East, where she sank the small Japanese army cargo ship ''Toso Maru No.1'', the Japanese merchant cargo ship ''Manryo Maru'', four Japanese sailing vessels, a Japanese tug and a Japanese barge, three small unidentified Japanese vessels, three Siamese sailing vessels and six other small Siamese / Japanese vessels. ''Strongbow'' was detected on the surface off Port Swettenham, Malaya on 13 January 1945. Japanese escorts, minelayer , sub chaser ''CH-9'', auxiliary sub-chaser ''CHa-41'' and one other, soon arrived to attack her. ''Strongbow'' managed to escape but sustained such depth charge damage during a 14-hour attack that she was rendered unfit for further service. She was decommissioned at Falmouth in June 1945, and scrapped at Preston in April 1946.HMS Strongbow
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IWM Interview with John Troup, who commanded HMS Strongbow from 1944 to 1945
{{DEFAULTSORT:Strongbow (P235) British S-class submarines (1931) 1943 ships World War II submarines of the United Kingdom