HMS Spark

History
Name	HMS Spark
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down	10 October, 1942
Launched	December 28 1943
Commissioned	28 April, 1944
Fate	broken up October 1950
General characteristics
Displacement	814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged
Length	217 ft
Beam	23 ft 6 in
Draught	11 ft
Speed	14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged
Complement	48 officers and men
Armament	6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun

HMS Spark was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts, of Greenock and launched on December 28 1943. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Spark.

She survived the Second World War, spending between December 1944 and July 1945 with the Eastern Fleet, arriving at Trincomalee on 21 October, 1944. She went on to sink two Japanese sailing vessels, three Japanese coasters, a barge and a tug. Another coaster was forced ashore on Panjang Island. Spark was attacked by an enemy escort which dropped sixteen depth charges, but managed to escape damage. She returned to the UK in October 1945.

She was sold on October 28 1949. Spark was broken up at Faslane in October 1950.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.