She spent most of her career in the Pacific Far East, often in company with her sister ship, HMS Sleuth.

[2] For surface running, the boats were powered by two 950-brake-horsepower (708 kW) diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft.

[1] On the surface, the third batch boats had a range of 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) and 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged.

She served during the Second World War, spending most of her career in the Pacific Far East, often in company with her sister ship, HMS Sleuth.

[4] Solent survived the Second World War, and was sold off, arriving at Troon on 28 August 1961 for breaking up.