| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | P 242 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 3 Aug 1941 |
| Laid down | 17 Apr 1942 |
| Launched | 22 Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 22 Apr 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Troon, Scotland in July 1950. |
Commands listed for HMS Shalimar (P 242)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. William Gordon Meeke, DSC, RN | 10 Nov 1943 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Shalimar include:
2 Nov 1944
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) damages 5 Japanese landing craft with gunfire in the harbour at Car Nicobar Island.
4 Dec 1944
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
5 Dec 1944
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
10 Dec 1944
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
14 Dec 1944
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Choun Maru No.7 (163 BRT) with gunfire off Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º55'N, 98º50'E. (see map)
15 Dec 1944
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese tug and two barges with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
18 Jan 1945
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks four Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south of the Malakka Strait.
27 Jan 1945
HMS Shalimar (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire south of the Malakka Strait.
1 Aug 1945
HMS Shalimar (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
2 Aug 1945
While operating together HMS Seadog (Lt. E.A. Hobson, RN) and HMS Shalimar (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
3 Aug 1945
HMS Shalimar (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
5 Aug 1945
While operating together HMS Seadog (Lt. E.A. Hobson, RN) and HMS Shalimar (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sink a Japanese coaster with demolition charges in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
Also on the same day Shalimar sinks three small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire.
7 Aug 1945
HMS Shalimar (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.