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Name | HMS Tempest |
Builder | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 6 June 1940 |
Launched | 10 June 1941 |
Commissioned | 6 December 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number N86 |
Fate | Sunk 13 February 1942 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | British T class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught | 16.3 ft (5.0 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) max |
Complement | 61 |
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HMS Tempest (N86) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched in June 1941, serving in the Mediterranean theatre until 13 February 1942, when she was sunk by the Regia Marina while on patrol the Gulf of Taranto [1] [2] [3] by the Spica class torpedo boat Circe. [4]