Maritime History

HMS Sidon (P259)

HMS Sidon was a submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1944, one of the third group of S class built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead, named after the naval bombardment of Sidon in 1840. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. An explosion caused by a faulty torpedo sank her in Portland Harbour with the loss of 13 lives in 1955.

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See also

• ▸German cruiser Admiral Hipper
• ▸Arenal Volcano
• ▸HMAS Castlemaine

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