HMS Sea Scout was a “S” type Submarine, caring the number P253, built by Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead, in April 1943 and launched in March 1944 and commissioned in May of the same year. Her Motto was be “Be Prepared” and she carried a crest of a fleur de lys gold charged on the outer petals with a mullet blue.
HMS Sea Scout spent most of her wartime career in the Far East, where she sank numerous Japanese ships, including twelve sailing vessels, two coasters, two unidentified vessels, a sampan, a patrol vessel and a tug with five barges. After the war she returned to Portsmouth where she was transferred from active list to reserve list and between 1948 and 1953.
During the following years HMS Sea Scout was took part in number of exercises until 1962 when she was prepared for disposal being de-equipped in 1963 ready for sale finally in December 1965 HMS Sea Scout was disposed off and sold has scrap