HMS Scythian was an S class submarine

British S class submarine (1931)

The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines...

 of the Royal Navy

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, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts

Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, often referred to simply as Scotts, was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Greenock on the River Clyde.- History :...

, of Greenock

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 and launched on April 14, 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Scythian.

Built as the Second World War was drawing to a close, she did not see much action, spending the period between March and May 1945 on the eastern station. Here, she managed to sink nine Japanese sailing vessels and a small unidentified
Japanese vessel.

Along with her sisters, Scorcher

HMS Scorcher (P258)

HMS Scorcher was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on December 18, 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Scorcher...

 and Sirdar

HMS Sirdar (P226)

HMS Sirdar 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 March 26, 1943.- Wartime career:...

, Scythian took part in the search for the missing HMS Affray

HMS Affray (P421)

HMS Affray , a British Amphion-class submarine was the last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea, on 16 April 1951, with the loss of 75 lives...

in 1951. Scythian was paid off and arrived at Charlestown on August 8, 1960 for breaking up.