The British T-class submarine HMS Tudor, sister ship of HMS Tarpon.
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History | |
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Builder | Scotts, Greenock |
Laid down | 5 October 1937 |
Launched | 17 October 1939 |
Commissioned | 8 March 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number N17 |
Fate | Sunk with all hands, 14 April 1940[1] |
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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) |
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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 | 59 |
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The second HMS Tarpon (N17) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched in October 1939. She is named after the large fish Tarpon; one species of which is native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific Oceans.[2]