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HMS Sceptre (1943) was a 1940-programme British S-class submarine (not to be confused with the earlier United States S-class submarine s) launched on January 9, 1943, in Greenock, although her keel had been laid down in July 1940. Sceptre joined the 3rd Submarine Flotilla in April 1943 and was based at Holy Loch. She then detached to Scapa Flow to be used for the Submarine Commanding Officer's Qualifying Course, the Perisher. Whilst exercising to the west of the Orkney Islands, she was depth charged in error by the Royal Air Force and her hull was slightly buckled, which required docking for repairs. After an uneventful first patrol, she was fitted with special towing gear and proceeded to Loch Cairnbawn . Here she joined up with two T-class and three S-class submarines, together with the depot ships Titania and Bonadventure, the latter being the depot ship for the X-craft midget submarines . Sceptre left Loch Cairnbawn on September 12, 1943, with X-10 in tow. The aim was to attack the battleship Tirpitz at Kaa Fjord . These attacks were necessary to remove the threat imposed by the German battleships to convoys on their way to Russia. Six X-craft were used to attack shipping in the fjords, with the attack on Tirpitz putting her out of action for nearly a year. In April 1944, Sceptre left for another "special operation" with the X-24 in tow. X-24 penetrated Bergen Harbour and sank the merchant ship Barenfels as well as damaging large sections of the floating dock in the harbour. Sceptre earned the title of "Bring them back alive" as she was the only towing submarine which lost none of the X-craft in her care. Commanded by Lieutenant I.S. McIntosh, MBE, DSC, throughout her short but active service career, Sceptre sank six ships -- four merchant vessels of 14,393 gross register tons and two escorts of 1444 displacement tons. This total and tonnage was unequalled by any other submarine in home waters during the period. At the end of the war, Sceptre was allocated to the Seventh Submarine Flotilla and used for training, based at Lochalsh. She continued to run as a training unit based in PortlandPortland is a metropolitan area of two million people around Portland, Oregon. It is also the largest city in Maine. It is also the name of the following towns and other settlements scattered around the world: Portland, Victoria, less than 10,000 people i until February 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na. She was finally sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrap in August 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming,.See HMS SceptreFive ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sceptre after the sceptre, a symbol of royal authority. The first Sceptre was a 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched on June 8, 1781, at Rotherhithe. Sceptre was lost with all 291 hands for other ships of the same name.
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