HMS Torbay (N79)

HMS Torbay
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Torbay
Namesake	Torbay
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	21 November 1938
Launched	9 April 1940
Commissioned	14 January 1941
Identification	Pennant number N79
Fate	Sold for breaking up 19 November 1945, scrapped March 1947
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General characteristics
Class and type	T-class submarine
Displacement	1,090 long tons (1,107 t) surfaced 1,575 long tons (1,600 t) 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 (28.2 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) surfaced
Test depth	300 ft (91 m) max
Complement	59
Armament	6 internal forward-facing 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 4 external forward-facing torpedo tubes 1 external backward-facing torpedo tube 6 reload torpedoes 1 x 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun

HMS Torbay (N79) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 9 April 1940.

Torbay had an active career, serving mainly in the Mediterranean, although she also served in the Pacific Far East at the end of the war.

Altogether she sank 17 merchant ships, totalling 38,000 tons, plus 5 warships and 24 sailing vessels, and was involved in an attack on Corfu harbour that won her captain, Lieutenant Commander (Lt. Cdr.) Anthony Miers, the Victoria Cross.

Torbay was also allegedly involved in two incidents of war crimes.^[1]