| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | P 249 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 18 Apr 1942 |
| Laid down | 6 Jan 1943 |
| Launched | 30 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | This ship is listed as being a member of the fourth group. dispite that she had the external stern torpedo tube fitted like in the third group. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 28 October 1949. |
Commands listed for HMS Stygian (P 249)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Arthur George Chandler, RNR | 15 Dec 1943 | 16 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Guy Stewart Chetwode Clarabut, DSO, RN | 16 Apr 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Stygian include:
6 Sep 1944
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Burma.
17 Oct 1944
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire off Penang.
19 Oct 1944
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire off Penang.
28 Nov 1944
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Sabang.
7 Dec 1944
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
16 Jan 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south of the Malakka Strait.
17 Jan 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks the Japanese Nichinan Maru and a sailing vessel with gunfire off Perak in position 05º42'N, 98º57'E. (see map)
22 Jan 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south of the Malakka Strait.
24 Mar 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Bali, Netherlands East Indies.
2 Apr 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Java Sea south of Kangean Island in position 07º02'S, 115º32'E. (see map)
10 Apr 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks two Japanese coasters with gunfire in the Java Sea.
12 Apr 1945
HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire near Bali.
Stygian also sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 104 (175 tons, former Dutch Djember) and damages the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 104 off the north coast of Bali in position 08º05'S, 115º06'E. (see map)