HMS Tempest (N86)

HMS Tempest
History
United Kingdom
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	1,090 tons surfaced 1,575 tons submerged
Length	275 ft (84 m)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	16.3 ft (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Two shafts Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed	15.25 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (20 km/h) submerged
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
Armament	6 internal forward-facing 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes 3 external backward-facing torpedo tubes 6 reload torpedoes 1 x 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun 3 anti-aircraft machine guns

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]

References

1. Submarine losses 1904 to present day Archived 14 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine , RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
2. HMS Tempest, Uboat.net
3. "Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, February 1942". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
4. Greentree 2016, pp. 50, 53, 60, 58–59.

Sources

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8.
• Greentree, David (2016). British Submarine vs. Italian Torpedo Boat, Mediterranean 1940–43. Duel (No.74). Oxford: Osprey. ISBN   978-1-4728-1414-2.
• Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day . London: HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC   53783010.

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