HNLMS Zwaardvisch (P322)

HNLMS Zwaardvis during her post-war service
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Talent
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down	13 October 1942
Launched	17 July 1943
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 23 March 1943
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Zwaardvisch
Commissioned	23 November 1943
Decommissioned	11 December 1962
Renamed	Zwaardvis in 1950
Fate	Sold for scrapping 12 July 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	T-class/Zwaardvisch-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 (1,900 kW) each Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) each
Speed	15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
Test depth	300 ft (91 m) max
Complement	61
Armament	6 internal forward-facing 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes 1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes 6 reload torpedoes QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun 3 anti aircraft machine guns

HNLMS Zwaardvisch (S814) was the lead ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy's Zwaardvisch-class submarine, which was based on the British T class. The submarine was originally ordered as HMS Talent (P322) and built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow. It served mainly in the Pacific against the Japanese during the war, operating under both British and US operational command in Ceylon and Australia. In 1950, the vessel was renamed HNLMS Zwaardvis. She was sold and broken up for scrap in 1963.