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HMS ''Sturgeon'' was a British S class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Chatham. She was laid down on 1 January 1931 and was commissioned on 15 December 1932. She was one of the four submarines that formed the First Group of the ''S'' class, and the only one of these to survive the war. ==Career== ''Sturgeon'' spent most of her career in the North Sea, off the Scandinavian coast. On September 14, 1939, she attacked her sister ship with three torpedoes but they all missed. This took place off the coast of Norway. Because of this incident, the Admiralty increased the operating distance of British submarines off Norway from 4 miles to 16 miles. She also attacked the German submarine , but failed to hit her. ''Sturgeon'' claimed her first success when she sank the German anti submarine trawler (formerly ''Gauleiter Telshow'') on 20 November 1939. The sinking of the ''V-209'' was the first successful attack on an enemy ship by a British submarine during the Second World War. She went on to sink the German troop transport ''Pionier'', the Danish merchant , the Norwegian merchant , and the German merchant . She also fired six torpedoes against the , but they all missed their target.〔(HMS Sturgeon ), Uboat.net〕 She was one of a number of submarines ordered to track the before her eventual sinking. HMS ''Sturgeon'' was then lent to the Royal Netherlands Navy from 11 October 1943 to 14 September 1945. During this time, she was renamed ''Zeehond''.〔(HNMS Zeehond ), Uboat.net〕 HMS ''Sturgeon'' was returned to the Royal Navy after being lent to the Royal Netherlands Navy, and then broken up at Granton in January 1946. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sturgeon (73S)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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