HMS Tantivy (P319)

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HMS Tantivy
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Tantivy
Builder Vickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down4 July 1942
Launched6 April 1943
Commissioned25 July 1943
FateSunk as target 1951
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General characteristics
Class and type British T class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,290 tons surfaced
  • 1,560 tons submerged
Length276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught
  • 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward
  • 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft
Propulsion
  • Two shafts
  • Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each
  • Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed
  • 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced
  • 9 knots (20 km/h) submerged
Range4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
Test depth300 ft (91 m) max
Complement61
Armament

HMS Tantivy was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. It was built as P319 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 6 April 1943. So far it has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tantivy.

Service

Tantivy served in the Far East for much of its wartime career, where it sank a Siamese sailing vessel, the Japanese merchant cargo ship Shiretoko Maru, the Japanese communications vessel No. 137, the Japanese barge No. 136, the Japanese motor sailing vessel Tachibana Maru No.47, a Japanese tug, two Japanese coasters, a Japanese sailing vessel, the small Japanese vessels Chokyu Maru No.2, Takasago Maru No.3, and Otori Maru, and twelve small unidentified vessels (all pretty well undefended and peaceable). It laid numerous mines.

It survived the war and continued in service with the Navy, finally being sunk as an anti-submarine target in the Cromarty Firth in 1951. [1]

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References

  1. HMS Tantivy, Uboat.net