{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}

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|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class=S-class submarine |displacement=*{{convert|842|LT|t|abbr=on}} surfaced *{{convert|990|LT|t|abbr=on}} submerged |length={{convert|217|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|23|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |draught={{convert|14|ft|8|in|1|abbr=on}} |power=*{{convert|1900|bhp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} (diesel) *{{convert|1300|hp|kW|abbr=on}} (electric) |propulsion=*2 × diesel engines *2 × electric motors |speed=*{{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} surfaced *{{convert|10|kn}} submerged |range={{convert|6000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}} surface; {{convert|120|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|3|kn}} submerged |test_depth={{convert|300|ft|1}} |complement=48 |armament=*7 × {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (6 bow, 1 stern) *1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun }} }}

'''HMS ''Stoic''''' was a S-class submarine of the third batch built for the Royal Navy during World War II. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1950.

==Design and description== The third batch was slightly enlarged and improved over the preceding second batch of the S-class. The submarines had a length of {{convert|217|ft|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|23|ft|9|in|m|1}} and a draft of {{convert|14|ft|8|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|842|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|990|LT|t}} submerged.<ref name=gg9>Chesneau, p. 51</ref> The S-class submarines had a crew of 48 officers and ratings. They had a diving depth of {{convert|300|ft|1}}.<ref name=i7>McCartney, p. 7</ref>

For surface running, the boats were powered by two {{convert|950|bhp|lk=in|0|adj=on}} diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a {{convert|650|hp|0|adj=on}} electric motor. They could reach {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|10|kn}} underwater.<ref>Bagnasco, p. 110</ref> On the surface, the third batch boats had a range of {{convert|6000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}} and {{convert|120|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|3|kn}} submerged.<ref name=i7/>

The boats were armed with seven 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. A half-dozen of these were in the bow and there was one external tube in the stern. They carried six reload torpedoes for the bow tubes for a grand total of thirteen torpedoes. Twelve mines could be carried in lieu of the internally stowed torpedoes. They were also armed with a 3-inch (76&nbsp;mm) deck gun.<ref>Chesneau, pp. 51–52</ref>

==Construction and career== HMS ''Stoic'' was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 9 April 1943. Thus far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ''Stoic''. She survived the Second World War, spending most of it with the Eastern Fleet, where she sank six small Japanese sailing vessels, the Japanese transport ship ''Kainan Maru'', a landing craft, the Japanese fishing vessel ''Nanyo Maru No.55'', the Japanese auxiliary gunboat ''Shoei Maru'' and a Japanese coaster. ''Stoic'' also bombarded warehouses and fuel tanks at Jangka Island.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3448.html HMS Stoic], Uboat.net</ref> ''Stoic'' was sold in July 1950 to be broken up at Dalmuir.

==Notes== {{Reflist|30em}}

==References== * {{cite book|last=Akermann|first=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955|edition=reprint of the 1989|year=2002|publisher=Periscope Publishing|location=Penzance, Cornwall|isbn=1-904381-05-7}} * {{cite book|last=Bagnasco |first=Erminio |title=Submarines of World War Two |year=1977 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=0-87021-962-6}} * {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}} * {{Colledge: Ships RN|year=2006}} * {{cite book|last=McCartney|first=Innes|location=Oxford, UK|title=British Submarines 1939–1945|series=New Vanguard|volume=129|year=2006|publisher=Osprey|isbn=1-84603-007-2}}

{{British S class submarine}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stoic}} Category:British S-class submarines (1931) Category:1943 ships Category:Ships built on the River Mersey Category:World War II submarines of the United Kingdom Category:Royal Navy ship names