HMS Trusty (N45)

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HMS Trusty (left) passing HMS Sibyl (foreground), as the latter nears port at Dundee.
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Trusty
Builder Vickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down15 March 1940
Launched14 March 1941
Commissioned30 July 1941
Identification Pennant number N45
FateSold for breaking up January 1947
Badge
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General characteristics
Class and type British T class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,090 tons surfaced
  • 1,575 tons submerged
Length275 ft (84 m)
Beam26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught16.3 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
Range4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
Test depth300 ft (91 m) max
Complement61
Armament

HMS Trusty (N45) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched in March 1941.

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Career

Trusty served in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific Far East. She sank the Italian merchant Eridano in December 1941, and on reassigning to the Pacific, she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Toyohashi Maru and damaged the Japanese troop transport Columbia Maru. [1]

She survived the war and was sold to be broken up for scrap in January 1947. She was scrapped at Milford Haven in July 1947.

Notes

  1. HMS Trusty, Uboat.net

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