HMS Totem (P352)

HMS Totem in Plymouth Sound, December 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Totem
Ordered	1941
Builder	HM Dockyard Devonport
Laid down	22 October 1942
Launched	28 September 1943
Commissioned	9 January 1945
Identification	Pennant number: P352
Fate	Sold to the Israeli Navy in 1965
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General characteristics
Class and type	T-class submarine
Displacement	1,290 tons surfaced 1,560 tons submerged
Length	276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft
Propulsion	Two shafts Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced Nine 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	Six internal forward-facing 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes Two external forward-facing torpedo tubes Two external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes One external rear-facing torpedo tube Six reload torpedoes QF 4-inch (100 mm) deck gun Three anti-aircraft machine guns

HMS Totem was a Group 3 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy which entered service in the last few months of World War II. To-date, she is the only ship of the Royal Navy to have been named Totem.

Totem was sold to Israel in 1965 and commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in 1967 as INS Dakar. She sank whilst on passage from the United Kingdom to Israel in January 1968.^[1]