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Particulars
of British Submarines 1939
T CLASS
ENLARGE
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1935
Estimates
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Triton |
Vickers
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1938 |
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1936
Estimates
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Triumph |
Vickers |
1939 |
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1937
Estimates
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Thistle |
Vickers |
1939 |
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1936
Estimates |
Trident |
C.
Laird |
1939 |
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Tribune |
Scotts |
1939 |
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1937
Estimates |
Truant |
Vickers |
1939 |
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Taku |
C.
Laird |
1940 |
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Tarpon |
Scotts |
1940 |
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Tuna |
Scotts |
1940 |
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Tigris |
Chatham |
1940 |
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1938
Estimates |
Tetrarch |
Vickers |
1940 |
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Talisman |
C.
Laird |
1940 |
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Torbay |
Chatham |
1941 |
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The basic
design of the O, P and R-classes was now over ten old and even
that of the S and Narwhal-classes was over five years old. With
the re-armament of the country getting into its stride there was
a strong case for a new design of patrol submarine to be produced.
A patrol submarine capable of operating in the Far East was still
required but one that was not too large for European waters. It
was decided that reliability was more important than high performance
and so the characteristics of the new type were to be no more
than those actually achieved by the O, P and R-classes. Above
all they were to carry all their fuel internally. It was, however,
believed that they must be able to sink large warships which were
screened by asdic fitted escorts and so be able to fire from long
range. The bow salvo was therefore increased to ten torpedoes.
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Dimensions
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277'
x 26½' x 16'=1312 tons (surface)
1579 tons (submerged)
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Armament
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Six
21" internal bow torpedo tubes.
Four 21" external bow torpedo tubes.
Sixteen 21" Mark VIII torpedoes.
One 4" QF Mark III gun on an S1 mounting. 120 rounds
ammo.
Two Lewis guns and five rifles.
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Propulsion
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Twin
diesel engines. 2500 HP = 16.28 knots.
134 tons oil fuel = 4050 miles @ 14 kts or 9550 miles
@ 8 kt.
Vickers boats had Vickers engines. C. Laird boats had
Sulzer engines.
Scotts boats had MAN engines and Chatham boats had Admiralty
engines.
Main motors 1450 HP = 9 knots submerged.
Batteries. 336 cells of 140 tons.
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Hull
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Saddle
tank type.
Diving depth 300 ft.
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Complement
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4
Officers and 49 men.
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Detecting
devices
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Two
34 foot periscopes.
Type 129 asdic set.
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