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HMS Tactician (P314)

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HMS Tactician in 1953
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tactician
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down13 November 1941
Launched29 July 1942
Commissioned29 November 1942
FateScrapped December 1963
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeBritish T class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,290 tons surfaced
  • 1,560 tons submerged
Length276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam25 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
  • 9 knots (20 km/h) submerged
Range4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
Test depth300 ft (91 m) max
Complement61
Armament

HMS Tactician was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P314 by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, and launched on 29 July 1942.

Service

Tactician served in the Mediterranean and the Far East during her wartime career. Whilst operating against the Italians, she sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V17 / Pia and the Italian sailing vessel Bice. She also torpedoed the Italian merchant vessel Rosandra off the coast of Albania; sinking her the following day.

On being transferred to the Pacific, commanded by Lt. Cdr. Anthony Collett, DSC, she continued to harass enemy shipping, sinking a small Japanese vessel and two Siamese sailing vessels before the end of the war. She took part in Operation Cockpit, where she rescued a downed US airman, Lt. D. C. Klahn, under fire.[1]

A newsreel dated 1952[2] shows Tactician taking part in an exercise in the Sea of Japan. In it, the submarine is seen diving.[3]

Tactician survived the war and continued in service with the navy, finally being scrapped at Newport on 6 December 1963.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ - 1053.html army myitkyina airfield 1944 1053 Flight Archive
  2. ^ Pathe newsreel dated 1952
  3. ^ Green, Allan C (1953), HMS. TACTICIAN, retrieved 28 December 2018
  4. ^ HMS Tactician, Uboat.net