adept, and was particularly successful against other submarines. Of the 62 S Class submarines built, 17 were lost during the war: nine in the North Sea and Atlantic; six in the Mediterranean; and two in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
It is reputed that an S Class submarine, HMS Statesman, fired the last torpedo of the Second World War, when she sank a. Japanese derelict.
The ability of the submarine to operate stealthily made the S Class ideal for secretive missions, and the clandestine operations of the Vickers-built Seraph, P219, provide one of the most fascinating stories of the Second World War, and earned her the. nickname HMS 'Cloak and Dagger'.
